Voluntary counselling and testing at Keetmanshoop
A New Start VCT Centre has been opened at
Keetmanshoop. The centre is for voluntary testing and counselling for HIV/AIDS
victims in Keetmanshoop. The centre was built by the government with help from
the US government and Catholic AIDS Action. According to the Ministry of Health
and Social Services, the HIV/AIDS infection rate at Keetmanshoop was estimated
at 16.3% among pregnant women. Namibia has one of the highest HIV rates in the
world, with an estimated 19.8% of the adult population infected.At the official
opening of the New Start VCT Centre in Keetmanshoop (from left) Gary Newton,
Mission Director for USAID to Namibia; Hendrik Witbooi, former Deputy Prime
Minister, and his wife Sofia Johanna and Hilma Nicanor, councillor for the
Keetmanshoop constituency, pose for a photo.