Jitambue Leo

Hello Beauties!

Today, I want you to ask yourself a question: What is more important to you? Your image, or your health? Now think about your peers, both male and female. What’s more important to them? Their outward appearance or how they feel?

The reason I want everyone to ask themselves this question is because of an article I read today on a program in Kenya called “Jitambue Leo” which means “ know yourself. This is a program in which teams will go door to door, asking people if they would please go and get tested for HIV/AIDS. Their goal is to get 1 million people tested in the next three weeks.

Kenya has one of the highest HIV/AIDS rates in the world, with an estimated 7 to 8 percent of adults living with the disease. However, officials in Kenya state that those numbers are not accurate simply because a lot of adults refuse to be tested. In Kenya, simply being tested is a sign of sexual promiscuity.

That same mindset can be witnessed in the United States. And, like Kenya, too many people are spreading the disease and dying from it because they have not/will not get tested. So what do you think beauties? Do peoples’ perceptions of what it means to have HIV deter people from getting tested? How important is it for YOU to know, or to encourage others to know their status?

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8375127.stm