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Tooro minister wants mandatory HIV testing:

Monitor Online "The Tooro Kingdom deputy minister of health, Mr George Kihika, has asked the government to carry out mandatory HIV testing in an effort to stamp out the Aids scourge in the country.

Mr said this on June 26 at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital at Buhinga where the Minister of Health, Stephen Malinga, launched the Routine Counselling and Testing (RCT) services."

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