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Kenya: 170 people go for night HIV/AIDS tests Tue. August 28, 2007 01:20 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) A night voluntary HIV testing spearheaded by Moonlight Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) attracted some 170 people in Malindi in Kenya over the past three days. The tests were done on Lamu Road targets Malindi residents, including tourists. Those who turned up were encouraged by the “safety of darkness”, a Moonlight official said. “It was surprising that a lot of men turned up for the tests. Many of them told us the night was a big incentive because few people would see them,” said the official who requested anonymity. Thirty four clients were women, 98 per cent of them being commercial sex workers. The sponsors, who included Moonlight VCT Services, Better-off Knowing VCT, Liverpool VCT, Afya Two and the Ministry of Health, among others, said that due to the encouraging attendance, they would take the services to Mombasa town. The main targets of the night exercise, according to an official, were commercial sex workers, truck drivers and “shy people who feel embarrassed to have tests during the day.” -Nation News Category: East Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Somali pirates hijack second Stolt ship-of... Libya: 6 killed as gun battles break out in southeas... Nigeria: Militants threaten to renew "oil war" if a... Zimbabwe: Opposition chief Tsvangirai rejects SADC c... Philippine: Troops kill 10 Muslim rebels in the troub... Ivory Coast: Political leaders postpone November 3... Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwa... Nicaragua: Thousands riot after Nicaragua local elec... India negotiating a $1.5 -billion arms deal with Isra... Sudan, Chad restore full diplomatic ties, exchange e... More News...