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By Friday Simbaya, Songea Peramiho residents have turned in great numbers in the just ended five days   health care providers ’ initiate  testing and counseling (PITC) campaign dubbed as ‘AMKA SASA PIMA AFYA YAKO’ which was established at Peramiho Mission Hosptal, Songea (V) in Ruvuma Region. The PITC which is part of National HIV and AIDS policy, it is a health care provider’s initiateD HIV testing and counseling with individuals attending health facilities who might benefit from knowing their HIV status. Health care providers may therefore recommend HIV testing and counseling to patients in some settings even if the don’t have obvious HIV related symptom s and signs. According to the PITC Focal Person Daniel Ndugun ru, who is also Nurse in charge of the children’s ward at Peramiho Hospital, the campaign targeted to reach at 2,500 clients in the five-day campaign which started on Monday 10 and ended on 15, 2013. Ndunguru told ‘The Guardian on Sunday’ that th...