Doctor Calls for HIV Screening
2026-10-04
Silence is the costly choice. At APMC, Dr. Monerah Luzviminda Macud is urging people to seek HIV screening as recorded cases rise, saying the hospital remains open to anyone who wants a test and that care begins not with speculation but with knowing one's status.
Testing is not a verdict. HIV screening can detect antigen or antibody signals, while confirmatory testing establishes diagnosis; that distinction matters because infection may pass through a window period before markers are reliably detected. Delay can deceive.
Access is public health's first proof. Macud's appeal puts a plain obligation before people who may have postponed testing through fear, stigma, or false reassurance: seek screening, ask questions, and use the result to enter counseling or clinical care when needed. The test is private. Its consequence is not. Behind each request for screening sits a human life waiting for certainty.
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