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The Coalition of Civil Society Network for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria has called on religious bodies to stop compulsory HIV tests for couples before wedding, saying it is a violation of anti-stigma law.
The First Co-Chairman of the society, Mr. Ikenna Nwakamma, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
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He noted that there was need to challenge some practices and narratives that fuel stigma and discrimination.
“We need to make scapegoats of individuals and institutions violating the national anti-discrimination Act. “Compulsory test by religious bodies is one of the major drivers of HIV stigma and discrimination, which is totally against the Anti-discrimination Act 2014,’’ he said.
He restated the imperatives of demanding for domestication of the law by state legislatures.
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