HIV test for Rs 10 only (20 US Cents!)

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HIV test for Rs 10 only

The Times of India 15th February, 2002-New Delhi

Hyderabad: Rupees 10 is all it costs to get a three test done in Andhra

Pradesh for a confirmation of HIV positivity or negativity at the 26 Voluntary

Counselling and Testing Centres (VCTC) set up by the AP State AIDS Control

Society. The three test confirms HIV positivity upto 99 per cent. Private

hospitals and diagnostic clinics in the state however, charge between Rs 400 and

Rs 600 for the same.

The VCTCs are located in the 10 government medical colleges and the district

hospitals where no government medical college is present, APSCAS additional

project director NSR Brahmachary said.

All the 23 districts in the state are covered by the VCTCs, Brahmachary said. He

said, many people are not continue going to private hospitals and diagnostic

centres.

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Dr.Jagdish Harsh ( jharsh@... )

Director of Administration and Operations

François-Xavier Bagnoud (INDIA) ( www.fxb.org )

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