Marriage test.BUJUMBURA Bujumbura (b  'jəm`b r`ə), city (1994 est. pop. 300,000), capital of Burundi and of Bujumbura prov. , Burundi -- The Catholic bishops of Burundi in central Africa are requiring engaged couples to be tested for HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. before they can be married in the church, according to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. . "We ask the future married to tell the truth to each other," said Father Gelase Mugerowimana, a church spokesman. About 70 percent of the country's people are Catholic; Burundi has an HIV infection rate of about 6 percent. Couples will not be required to reveal their HIV status but will have to present a certificate indicating they have been tested. |
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