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Should HIV/AIDS testing be made mandatory before marriage?

Should HIV/AIDS testing be made mandatory before marriage?

In Focus by The Hindu

August 14, 202531m 44s

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Show Notes

In July, Meghalaya Health and Family Welfare Minister Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh announced that the State may follow Goa in making HIV/AIDS test mandatory for all before marriage. The problem is multi-disciplinary; it is not merely a question of health, but also involves considerations of human rights, stigma, and free will. 

Should HIV/AIDS testing be made mandatory? Here we discuss the question.

Guests: Jahnabi Goswami, president of the Assam Network of Positive People; N. Kumarasamy, Chief and Director of Infectious Diseases Medical Centre, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai

Host: Ramya Kannan

Edited by Jude Weston

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