Condoms are on high demand at the newly opened Copper Frontier Mine along the Ndola Mufulira road.
This came to light during a Mufulira District Aids Task Force (DATF) planning
meeting held today at the district health board room.
District Administrative Officer, Mwape Kasanda, informed the members that the area
at 21 miles along the Ndola-Mufulira road has now become one of the risky areas in
the district for HIV transmission.
Mr. Kasanda attributed the demand for condoms to the high economic activities in the
area following the opening of the Congolese’s Frontier Copper Mine.
He said the number of people camping around the mine site has increased, posing an
HIV and AIDS challenge to the district.
In view of this development Mufulira DATF has resolved to set up a satellite VCT
centre at the new mine during this year’s National VCT day which will be
commemorated on June 30.
DATF chairperson Dr. George Mukupa urged the members to double the efforts in the
fight against the pandemic and ensure that more VCT satellite centres are set up
during this year’s commemoration of the VCT day.
Last year Mufulira district reached out to 200 people on the VCT day that went for
voluntary counseling and testing and got their results.
