Minister wants stronger laws against wilful HIV transmitter
Published:Thursday | April 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC):
Health Minister Dr Clarice Modeste is concerned about people who are wilfully transmitting the HIV virus to others and believes that legislation should be enacted to deal with them once there is evidence that a person is being exposed to the virus as a means of revenge.
"There are those who are saying when they discover their positive status, I am not going down alone," she told the Parliament Wednesday while contributing to the 2013 budget debate.
Grenada recorded its first case of HIV/AIDS in 1984 and latest figures show that there are 485 cases.
Dr Modeste said that one of the goals of her ministry is to strengthen the HIV programme in the area of public education.
"We cannot stop educating the people, we have to continue educating the public about protection, not just from HIV/AIDS but other health-related ailments," she said.