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11.8 GAPS AND UNMET NEEDS• Counselling and testing for HIV should be emphasized as routine standard ofcare for everyone visiting a health care facility. For those infected with HIV andunaware of their status, each outpatient or inpatient visit is an opportunity fordiagnosis and enrollment in care and treatment.• Better education about TB transmission and available treatments may reducenew cases and stigma around accessing testing and treatment.• Treatment of drinking water to prevent diarrheal diseases among people withHIV infection is low and needs to be improved to comply with the currentpolicy. Education about why and how to best to treat water before drinking itshould be enhanced among HIV-infected individuals and their family members.• Eight out of 10 HIV-infected adults were not sleeping under treated bednetsand therefore vulnerable to potentially malaria infection though mosquito bites.Access to treated bednets and bednet counseling, including home visits tohang bednets, should be improved.• The Ministry of Medical Services recommends that all HIV-infected adults takedaily multi-vitamins to help meet micronutrient requirements and preventnutrition-related disease. Most HIV-infected adults are not taking multi-vitaminsand could benefit from access to nutritional counseling and daily vitaminsupplements.Prevalence of Herpes Simplex Virus-2 chapter 12(HSV-2) and Co-infection with HIV and HSV-212.1 Key findings<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 213

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