Sep 11, 2012

KENYA: Study shows HIV stigma a barrier to health facility births

KENYA: Study shows HIV stigma a barrier to health facility births:
NAIROBI/KISUMU, 10 September 2012 (IRIN) - When the time came for 24-year-old Jane Atieno to deliver her second child, she sought the services of a traditional birth attendant rather than the local clinic so she wouldn't have to be tested for HIV or agonize over how to tell her husband that health workers wanted him to attend her antenatal check-ups.

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