National HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign Strategy. 12/3/10

The new National HIV Counselling And Testing Campaign Strategy was released by the SANAC Secretariat in February 2010.

"With the introduction of new guidelines in February 2010 South Africa’s policy on voluntary counseling and testing was expanded to include a number of new components. These components include a revision of counseling protocols as well as a shift for HIV Counseling and
Testing (HCT) to be offered by health providers on the occasion of any patient’s visit to any health facility for any ailment. Provider-initiated HIV counseling and testing remains voluntary but it places an obligation on the health care worker to explain to patients the importance of knowing one’s HIV status and of testing habitually for HIV as part of a normal health seeking behaviour."