The disabled tipped on HIV/AIDS prevention
May 28, 2007
PERSONS with disabilities have been advised to refrain from thinking that they cannot contract HIV/AIDS. The Kasese deputy speaker, Naome Mbambu, said most disabled people have ignored the preventive measures.
By Bernard Masereka
PERSONS with disabilities have been advised to refrain from thinking that they cannot contract HIV/AIDS. The Kasese deputy speaker, Naome Mbambu, said most disabled people have ignored the preventive measures.
Mbambu, who was addressing disabled women at Moonlight Hotel in Kasese town on Thursday, advised them not to carelessly relate with any men they meet, adding that they should value their lives.
“People with disabilities feel rejected, unloved and eventually relate with any man. You need to go for testing or have protected sex.â€
She urged them to stick to their slogan, ‘disability is not inability’. Mbambu urged the community to respect people with disabilities, saying they also contribute to development.
She asked the Government to establish councils for the disabled to handle their problems.
The chairperson of the Kasese women with disabilities, Mary Yalala, noted that if a person with disability acquires HIV/AIDS, he or she suffers more than the normal people.
She said they were funded by the Associated Country Women of the World, a UK charity, to sensitise disabled people on HIV/AIDS.
PERSONS with disabilities have been advised to refrain from thinking that they cannot contract HIV/AIDS. The Kasese deputy speaker, Naome Mbambu, said most disabled people have ignored the preventive measures.
Mbambu, who was addressing disabled women at Moonlight Hotel in Kasese town on Thursday, advised them not to carelessly relate with any men they meet, adding that they should value their lives.
“People with disabilities feel rejected, unloved and eventually relate with any man. You need to go for testing or have protected sex.â€
She urged them to stick to their slogan, ‘disability is not inability’. Mbambu urged the community to respect people with disabilities, saying they also contribute to development.
She asked the Government to establish councils for the disabled to handle their problems.
The chairperson of the Kasese women with disabilities, Mary Yalala, noted that if a person with disability acquires HIV/AIDS, he or she suffers more than the normal people.
She said they were funded by the Associated Country Women of the World, a UK charity, to sensitise disabled people on HIV/AIDS.