KITWE District Administrative Officer Mwamba Mulenga has urged inmates to actively seek HIV/AIDS treatment services to avoid dying from preventable complications. Mulenga notes that as HIV/AIDS cases are higher in correctional facilities, there is need for inmates to actively seek testing and treatment services. Speaking in Kitwe yesterday during the commemoration of this year’s World Aids Day at Kamfinsa Correctional Facility, Mulenga told inmates that they have the right to access HIV/AIDS treatment services despite being in isolation. “Statistics show that TB and HIV prevalence among inmates is higher than it is among the general population, so there is need to scale up treatment and preventive services for persons living with HIV/AIDS and all those at risk of HIV and...

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