Row over HIV/Aids testing in schools

Serious concerns are being raised over the government's proposal to introduce "voluntary" HIV/Aids testing in schools, with teachers' unions, legal experts and child's rights organisations saying they need to know exactly how it will work.

1 Feb 2011

Row over HIV/Aids testing in schools

A meeting between the Department of Health, teachers' unions and Department of Basic Education officials was held yesterday in Pietermaritzburg to discuss the details of the campaign before it starts next month.

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