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Malawi's government is calling on all sexually active people in the country to take an Aids test, saying this would help it combat the pandemic.About 14% of Malawi's 12m people are believed to be HIV-positive but more accurate figures would help planning and enable people to get treatment.The campaign is to be focused on rural areas that are usually beyond the reach of the state's health services.Malawi's government says Aids is one of its biggest challenges.President Bingu wa Mutharika has said the disease is a major threat to efforts to drag the nation out of poverty.In May, the World Health Organization issued new guidance, saying that anyone seeking medical treatment in countries where HIV was rife should be tested, unless they "opted out".However, no test should be done against a person's wishes or without their knowledge, the guidelines stress.The WHO said that 80% of people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa did not know they had the virus. To read more go to:
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