Don't rely on wife's HIV test results, official warns men

HIV positive test. [Courtesy/GettyImages]

Health officials in Bungoma County have raised concern over a growing trend in which men avoid HIV testing and instead depend on their wives’ test results to determine their own status. 

County Director for Health and Sanitation, Caleb Watta, said new data shows infections remain higher among women largely because men are not turning up for testing.