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Death/uncertainfuture5 2 0 0 4 2 0 13 18.1Loneliness 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4Others 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.4Awareness of Government Help for PLHIVsMore than half (51.6%) of the respondents said that they were aware of help for PLHIVsbut only 30.1% quoted the government hospitals and medical support they received assuch a service provided by the government. Another 7.5% mentioned NGOs (Table 17).GroupsDUTable 17Awareness of Government Help for PLHIVsHetero-SexuallyInfectedMenMSMRefugeesHeterosexuallyInfectedWomenWomenSex-WorkersTransTotalgenderSex-Works No %NUMBER (N) 27 8 8 7 22 13 8 93 100Yes, know 11 6 6 2 14 3 6 48 51.6TYPE OF SUPPORT KNOWNGovthosp/medical 5 4 5 2 12 0 3 28 30.1supportNGOs 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 7 7.5Baitumal 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.1KWSP/SOSCO 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.2Welfaredepartment1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.2Tax reduction 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.1Desire to be involved in various activitiesAlmost eight out of ten respondents (77.4%) want to be involved in some activities andwhen asked to specify, 54.2% reported that they wanted to be involved in counseling orproviding moral support to other PLHIVs, 11.1% in training workshops and 9.7% want tovolunteer their time with NGOs (Table 18). For those who did not want to get involved21.1% quoted health as the reason while another 10.5% cited transport problems.124