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HIV/AIDS: 15,042 Receiving Treatment In Sokoto

by Adeniyi Olugbemi
7 months ago
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The Sokoto State Coordinator of AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infection and Viral Hypertisis Control Programme (SASCP), Dr Wadata Hali, has revealed that no fewer than 15,042 persons are currently on HIV/AIDS treatment in the State.

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Wadata, who made the disclosure at an event organised by the State’s Ministry of Health in collaboration with the State Agency For The Control of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis, (SOSACAT), to commemorate the 2024 World AIDS Day, added that a survey conducted by NAIIS in 2018 put the state HIV prevalence level at 0.4%.

 

Speaking after a road walk and enlightenment campaign from Sokoto Specialist Hospital to the State Secretariat, the host of the 2024 World AIDS Day and Special Adviser to Sokoto State Governor on SOSACAT, Sada Ibrahim Durbawa, said: “World AIDS Day is a commemoration that allows all of us to come together and honour those who have lost their lives and in solidarity with those who have been infected and affected by the situation.”

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Declaring the event open, the Commissioner for Health, Hajiya Balarabe Asabe, represented by the Special Adviser, Sokoto State Malaria Elimination Agency (SOSMEA), Dr Mohammed Namadina Ibrahim, said despite that HIV/AIDS drugs are free, emphasis should be on prevention.

 

“Educate people on how to take care of themselves to avoid being infected. And the good news now is that, HIV/AIDS injection that will be taken once in a month might be put to use next year,” she stated.

 

State Coordinator of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDs in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), Comrade Hussani Mohammed Gwadabawa, appreciated the Sokoto State government as well as the respective partners for all their support to the group.

 

For her part, the Executive Secretary, Sokoto State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Larai Aliyu Tambuwal, reiterated that HIV/AIDS isn’t a death sentence.


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