Maputo, 18 June-(ANA)-Nearly 20 percent of Mozambique's civil servants are HIV positive, a study has warned.
Given that several government ministries lack reliable data, this number could even be higher, the study says.
According to a Demographic Impact Study by the government, around 19.2 percent of 167,420 public employees were found to be HIV positive, which is higher than the national prevalence rate of 16 percent.
Moreover, Célia Matavele, national coordinator of the Ministry of Public Employment's Nucleus for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, believes some public employees are not revealing their HIV-positive status, and so were not detected by the Demographic Impact Study, which collected data from the health facilities where they receive care.
To reduce HIV infection among public employees, the Ministry of Public Employment, in partnership with the National Council for the Fight against HIV/AIDS and the Ministry of Health, is designing a strategy for prevention, counselling, testing, treatment and anti-discrimination. (ANA)
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