NCOP
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 478
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 31 August 2012
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 24)
Mr D B Feldman (COPE-Gauteng) to ask the Minister of Health:
Whether he has been informed of the lack of service to HIV positive mothers
in Gauteng as a result of counsellors being on strike for non-payment by
the provincial department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if
so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY:
The non-payment of counselors who went on strike affected the HIV
counseling and testing programme. As far as the disruption of the HIV
counseling and testing, I am not aware of any such disruption and I donât
understand why it was there.
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