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5.4 Benefits of VCT ................................................................................................. 40
5.5 Problems and Challenges of HIV Testing .......................................................... 41
5.6 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 41
6. Counselling and HIV Testing ..................................................................................... 43
6.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 43
6.2 The Process of Counselling and Testing ............................................................ 43
6.3 Counsellors’ and Religious Leaders’ Views on Counselling ............................. 44
6.4 Respondents’ Experiences with Pretest Counselling ......................................... 46
6.5 Respondents’ Experience with Post-Test Counselling ....................................... 48
6.6 Roles and Benefits of Counselling ..................................................................... 51
6.7 Problems and Challenges of Counselling and Testing ....................................... 53
6.8 Conclusion .......................................................................................................... 54
7. Disclosure and Social Relations in Tanzania .............................................................. 55
7.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 55
7.2 Collecting Data on Disclosure ............................................................................ 55
7.3 Why People Fear Disclosing .............................................................................. 56
7.4 How People Disclose: Disclosure and Social Relations .................................... 57
7.5 Disclosure among Different Social Groups ....................................................... 61
7.6 Disclosure and HIV Prevention .......................................................................... 67
8. Conclusion and Recommendations ............................................................................. 71
8.1 The Process of Voluntary Counselling and Testing ........................................... 71
8.2 Respondents’ Views of Counselling .................................................................. 72
8.3 Social Relations and Patterns of Disclosure ....................................................... 72
8.4 Challenges to Getting Tested ............................................................................. 73
8.5 Implications of Study Findings to VCT Services in Tanzania ........................... 74
8.6 Recommendations .............................................................................................. 74
References ......................................................................................................................... 77
Appendix A: Interview Schedules and Guidelines .......................................................... 83
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