Aside from what my classmates said, what's crucial about routine testing is what came after it. Its social consequences. It was mind-opening for most of Botswana's population, and led to more people getting tested. It raised awareness of a topic that used to be underestimated, it provoked a social reaction that made Botswanan people tackle AIDS in a more serious way and made routine testing a natural part of life.
it is a strategy designed to control the virus within a population that lives daily with prejudice about the disease. In this way the test does not suppose a reason of shame or discrimination to any citizen thus allowing a routine control of the presence of the virus in the population.
Routine tests are an attempt to distinguish various diseases including HIV by sample of patient's blood. This strategy was implanted to control, stop and prevent the spread of the HIV virus.
Routine testing is a helpful strategy to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. If we implement routinarie tests we can detect a great part of the total cases and since the patient knows he is infected he will have the responsability to be careful and take the correct measures to not infect others.
These tests were implemented in the Botswana system as a measure to stop or control the spread of the HIV virus. They consisted on testing everyone for this virus as a routine, to detect the cases of people who were not getting tested for any reason possible. The reason why they introduced these tests is because many infected patients didn't assume they had the virus, or didn't want to know. They preferred to continuo ignoring the situation, or they tried to avoid people knowing due to the stigma associated with this disease. Ultimately, these tests proved very effective, as they reported many positive cases that otherwise would've probably stayed unregistered.
Routine tests are an attempt to distinguish several diseases present in someone's blood sample, including HIV. For example, when someone has flu or cold symptoms, they are given a blood test, including a diagnosis of HIV. I think it's really important, as it excludes the taboo about this disease, unknown at that time in Botswana, and as it's easily transmitted, also through unprotected sex.
Routine tests were implemented in Botswana with the aim of halting the growth of the pandemic. Routine testing is a form of testing on routine consults. In routine HIV testes, It checks levels of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. Generally, even people without symptoms of HIV disease should have a test done at least.
Routine testing is a form of testing you usually do on a regular bases, when you go on routine consults. It can be all kinds of tests, in the case of HIV, the doctors takes a sample of your blood and test's it for all kinds of diseases, one of them is HIV. In my opinion, it is natural, efficient diagnosis that helps with public health of a country.
Aside from what my classmates said, what's crucial about routine testing is what came after it. Its social consequences. It was mind-opening for most of Botswana's population, and led to more people getting tested. It raised awareness of a topic that used to be underestimated, it provoked a social reaction that made Botswanan people tackle AIDS in a more serious way and made routine testing a natural part of life.
it is a strategy designed to control the virus within a population that lives daily with prejudice about the disease. In this way the test does not suppose a reason of shame or discrimination to any citizen thus allowing a routine control of the presence of the virus in the population.
Routine tests are an attempt to distinguish various diseases including HIV by sample of patient's blood. This strategy was implanted to control, stop and prevent the spread of the HIV virus.
Routine testing is a helpful strategy to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. If we implement routinarie tests we can detect a great part of the total cases and since the patient knows he is infected he will have the responsability to be careful and take the correct measures to not infect others.
These tests were implemented in the Botswana system as a measure to stop or control the spread of the HIV virus. They consisted on testing everyone for this virus as a routine, to detect the cases of people who were not getting tested for any reason possible. The reason why they introduced these tests is because many infected patients didn't assume they had the virus, or didn't want to know. They preferred to continuo ignoring the situation, or they tried to avoid people knowing due to the stigma associated with this disease. Ultimately, these tests proved very effective, as they reported many positive cases that otherwise would've probably stayed unregistered.
Routine tests are an attempt to distinguish several diseases present in someone's blood sample, including HIV. For example, when someone has flu or cold symptoms, they are given a blood test, including a diagnosis of HIV. I think it's really important, as it excludes the taboo about this disease, unknown at that time in Botswana, and as it's easily transmitted, also through unprotected sex.
Routine tests were implemented in Botswana with the aim of halting the growth of the pandemic. Routine testing is a form of testing on routine consults. In routine HIV testes, It checks levels of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets. Generally, even people without symptoms of HIV disease should have a test done at least.
Routine testing is a form of testing you usually do on a regular bases, when you go on routine consults. It can be all kinds of tests, in the case of HIV, the doctors takes a sample of your blood and test's it for all kinds of diseases, one of them is HIV. In my opinion, it is natural, efficient diagnosis that helps with public health of a country.