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Types of counselling

 Pre-HIV antibody test counselling

 Pest-HIV antibody test counselling

 Counselling HIV/AIDS patients

 Importance of counselling

 It prevents AIDS victims from committing suicide

 Avoids spread of the disease to others knowingly.

 To encourage people to continue to live longer and useful.

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Organization in Uganda that offers counselling services

In Uganda, there are many governmental organizations which
offer counselling. Some of them are:

1. TASO—The AIDS Support Organization. It also provides sup-

plements food for patients.

2. AIC—AIDS Information Centre

3. ACP—AIDS Control Programme of ministry of health. It also

provides HIV/AIDS testing.