Achieving Universal Benefits of VCT Services In LDC's

This book brings out an analysis of the challenges and prospects for human development in relation to HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing Service delivery in selected centres in Mbarara municipality-Mbarara district located in the south Western part of Uganda.Much concetration is put on VCT service providers, Clients that have tested for HIV and those found at the testing centres. Various VCT testing centres like AIDS Information Centre were visited to generate data.It is herein documented that VCT has a positive impact on the socio-economic aspects of development of the people of Mbarara district. People who have not undergone through the same exercise are encouraged to test. It is also established that VCT has got far reaching implications and benefits on the individuals and communities that have utilised the service.

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Joshua has worked with the AIDS Information Centre which is a Non-Governmental Organization in Uganda established in 1990 to provide Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV). He is a trained HIV/AIDS counsellor. Currently he is working as a lecturer at Bishop Stuart University in Mbarara;Uganda.