NAMIBIAN pharmacists as well as the state-run Medical Laboratory Services have cast doubt on the accuracy of a South African-made self-testing HIV product being sold by at least one pharmacy in Namibia. In a recent advert in a daily newspaper, the owner of a pharmacy at Swakopmund claimed the results of the HIV self-tester, which costs N$112, were ”accurate.” On Friday, the pharmacist at Swakopmund, who declined to give his name, told The Namibian the product included a test strip which ”is a one-time test”. Approached for comment, Deputy Director of the Medical Laboratory Services in Windhoek, Linda Dodds, was highly sceptical about the test strip. She dismissed the results of the product as ”inaccurate”. The test strip has reputedly been approved by South African medical authorities.