interviewees including some government personnel have also been withheld at their request. With permission from the Ministry of Community Development and Mother and Health, Human Rights Watch visited seven primary healthcare sites, two mobile clinics and five tertiary hospitals. We also visited two children’s homes for orphaned and vulnerable children affected by HIV, four government education facilities with special education units for children with disabilities, and two Victim Support Units (VSUs) at local police stations. We conducted interviews with 41 healthcare workers including eight voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and ART counselors, eight nurses, seven doctors, five clinical officers, two psychologists and five home healthcare workers. These interviews concerned their experiences in providing HIV services to persons with disabilities. We also sought their opinion on measures that could be taken to improve access to HIV services by persons with disabilities. Human Rights Watch also interviewed 18 local and national government officials from the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council and the Zambia Agency for
interviewees including some government personnel have also been withheld at their request. With permission from the Ministry of Community Development and Mother and Health, Human Rights Watch visited seven primary healthcare sites, two mobile clinics and five tertiary hospitals. We also visited two children’s homes for orphaned and vulnerable children affected by HIV, four government education facilities with special education units for children with disabilities, and two Victim Support Units (VSUs) at local police stations. We conducted interviews with 41 healthcare workers including eight voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and ART counselors, eight nurses, seven doctors, five clinical officers, two psychologists and five home healthcare workers. These interviews concerned their experiences in providing HIV services to persons with disabilities. We also sought their opinion on measures that could be taken to improve access to HIV services by persons with disabilities. Human Rights Watch also interviewed 18 local and national government officials from the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early Education, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Justice, the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council and the Zambia Agency for
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