Wishing you PEACE OF MIND over the festive season!

This is the last blog for 2014 and I will be taking a break in January to progress some of those ongoing materials that the blogs have discussed (and a few new ones too!).

So Merry Christmas everyone (thought this little notebook picture with the nutcracker solider was just up our street in materials development).

December is known as a month for PEACE and hot on the heels of WORLD AIDS DAY, peace of mind can also come from knowing your HIV status! I know, Do you know? Does your family know?

The I Know campaign here in Zimbabwe hoped to reach at least 120,000 people over a ten day period for voluntary counselling and testing (VCT). I hope many more have a chance to reflect on the benefits of getting tested over the festive seasons and, like the 16 days of activism, these 10 campaign days become the basis of a 365 days of access to VCT! Stigma is a hard nut to crack and still remains high for people living with HIV. Let's normalise HIV testing, it is a manageable condition.

Need to know more on HIV testing, treatment and care, get in touch with a service provider near you!

Wishing you and your family all that you would wish for yourself in 2015.