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  • Lorna Iqbal Clader and Thomas Mungoe both suffer from tuberculosis and find it very hard to keep up with the 6 months of the rigorous treatment regime. The tb clinic at Homerton University Hospital make daily visits to their shared flat making sure they take their medication.  Both were very ill and Thomas near death due to added HIV complications when they were admitted to hospital and he still suffers from malnutrition general break down of bodily funtions. Lorna is on prescribed methadone treatment, trying to kick a heroin habbit and various other substance abuses and her constant battle with depression is wearing her down. With a lot of help from the NHS and various social services they slowly manage to rebuild their lives and and get back on their feet.
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  • Thomas Mungoe at the TB clinic in Homerton University Hospital. Lorna Iqbal Clader and Thomas Mungoe both suffer from tuberculosis and find it very hard to keep up with the 6 months of the rigorous treatment regime. The tb clinic at Homerton University Hospital make daily visits to their shared flat making sure they take their medication.  Both were very ill and Thomas near death due to added HIV complications when they were admitted to hospital and he still suffers from malnutrition general break down of bodily funtions. Lorna is on prescribed methadone treatment, trying to kick a heroin habbit and various other substance abuses and her constant battle with depression is wearing her down. With a lot of help from the NHS and various social services they slowly manage to rebuild their lives and and get back on their feet.
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  • Filiz has got tuberculosis and is in treatment at Homerton Hospital. She is the mother of two and both kids are tb positive and in treatment. She has to deliver a sputum sample for testing and the mask helps her cough up what is need.
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  • Thomas Mungo. Tuberculosis patient under treatment at Homerton University Hospital in Hackney.
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  • Seamus has had his lungs x-rayed and the x-ray shows no TB. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Radiographer Jane helps Seamus out of his coat and help him settle in to have his chest x-rayed. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Jane from Find and Treat outside the MXU van talking to a woman about TB. The woman had an x-ray and showed no sign of TB. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat
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  • Mohamed after his x-ray and Jane from Find and Treat outside the MXU van. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Michael stands inside the x-ray unit in the van with the door closed. The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Mohamed stands inside the x-ray unit in the van getting ready to have his chest x-rayed. The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Mohamed stands inside the x-ray unit in the van with his chest against the x-ray plate and door closed. The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Radiographer Diana is making a client comfortable and ready to have her x-ray. The woman is pregnant which is why she is wearing a green lead apron to protect her womb against radiation. The radiation levels are extremly low and pose no health hazzard. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians. The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat..
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  • Diana from Find and Treat shows Jeffrey his x-ray image which shows no TB. his x-ray. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Robert, with no TB. Robert is a keen painter and makes drawings from all over London. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.
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  • Robert stands inside the x-ray unit in the van with the door closed while radiographer Jane operates the x-ray machine.  The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • George from the MXU van team helps Seamus down from the van after he has had his chest x-rayed. The results showed no sign of TB. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Seamus has his chest x-rayed sitting in his wheel chair.  The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Michael, one of the users at St Paul's drop-in has had his lungs x-rayed and the x-ray shows  no TB. Diana, the van's radiographer explains to hime how the lungs and heart connect inside the chest. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Mohamed with x-rays showing healthy lungs. Diana, the van's radiographer shows Mohamed the image of his x-rayed lungs and explains to him that he does not have TB. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • Mohamed stands inside the x-ray unit in the van with the door closed. The exposure time is less than a second and the whole procedure takes only a few minutes. The x-rays shows he has clean and healthy lungs. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • A volunteer at the drop-in centre and a user on their cigaret break. The NHS Mobile X-ray Unit visiting St Pauls Church drop-in  in Onslow Square, London SW7.The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians..The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat.
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  • A homeless man has just had his chest x-rayed and radiographer Diana is reading the image on screen which comes up immediately after exposure. She shows him his lungs and explains that he does not have TB. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians.The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat..
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  • Inside the MXU. George is taking the next client's name while radiographer Diana is getting another client ready in the actual x-ray enclosure. The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians. The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat..
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  • The NHS MXU van is parked up outside St Mungo's hostel near King's Cross. .The rates of tuberculosis in London are higher than any other Western European capital and is a major health problem. Tuberculosis is highly contagious, it is treatable, but in the event of no treatment it is often deadly. The MXU, the Mobile X-ray Unit, is a facility run by the NHS. The MXU is a Tuberculosis screening service on wheels where people can have their chest x-rayed and within minutes be either cleared of TB - or in case of any TB symptoms showing up on the X-rays, be referred to a hospital for further tests and possible treatment. The MXU is aimed at hard to reach groups like homeless people, drug or alcohol abuser and prisoners. The van is the only one in the UK and operates around London where it visits hostels, prisons and community centres where groups of hard to reach clients usually gather. On the van is a team of nurses, radiographers, social and outreach workers and expert technicians. The MXU van is a part of the NHS department Find and Treat..
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  • Disability Action Network (DAN) is based in Hargeisa in Somaliland and a charity working with disabled children and young people helping them to access health care and provide them with therapeutic rehabilitation. DAN supply and fit orthopaedic appliances and physiotherapy when needed. Somaliland is a very poor country and to many not living in the capital Hargeisa health care is very difficult to come by..DAN received the STARS Foundation Health Award in 2008 for outstanding work. A boy suffering from cerebral palsy is sitting with his mother at the DAN centre waiting to recieve physio. The boy is sitting in a chair and table contraption which helps him to sit up unaided.
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  • Shuhaq, 22. Shuhaq was born healthy and grew up happily till he when he was 17 started to feel pains in the joints. He suffers from a genetic desease called Moscular Distrophy and he is now  100% dependent. He cannot walk or feed himself and is in constant pain. The illness is not treatable and both his sister's two sons now suffer from the same illness. He lives with mother who is the sole carer with a little financiel support from his sister and brother-inlaw. CSID used to provide him with a wheel chair but now the only support they can give is counselling and pain killers.
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  • Lisa Egan, former stand-up comedian, now full-time wheel chair bound and poorly after severe illness, speaking in defence of the NHS. The amp and speaker is powered by bicycle..The Health and Care Bill has been passed by Parliament and is due to go to the House of Lords. In protest against the bill which aim to deconstruct and privatise large parts of the NHS UK Uncut activists together with health workers and trade unionists blocked the Westminster Bridge from 1pm til 5.30pm.
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  • Children are registered before having their HIV test. The children are all particular vulnerable, either single or double orphans or from families suffering fro terminal illnesses such as HIV. They come from the surrounding rural district near Makurdi. That day 120 children were tested, all negative. Benue state has got one of the highest HIV prevalence in Nigeria and EVA aim to target vulnerable children who would otherwise miss out of being tested for HIV and therefor not know their HIV statues.  Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria...Education As a Vaccine Against Aids (EVA) in Nigeria.
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