Will stop screening immediately

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum members,

After going thru some of the responses, I am stopping screening immediately,

will rather try to create awareness among villagers and encourage voluntary

testing which seems to be a reasonable approach given the social structure of

of our villages.

I thank everyone for responses and it was a learning experience.

Madhukar

E-mail: <madhukurnool@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum,

Ref: Dr. Kurnool's posting " Will stop screening immediately "

Voluntary testing is the right way to do but it is not enough--a positive test

would still result in stigma and discrimination for the person being tested.

Before you do testing, there should be enough mechanism to ensure that there is

pre-test counseling, testing is done anonymously and there is enough voluntary

post test counseling. It would be devastating for a person to know that s/he is

positive without knowing what to do about it.

Sathi Dasgupta.

E-mail: <sathi_dasgupta@...>