Ikenna Nwakanma, First Co-chairman, Coalition of Civil Society Networks on HIV and AIDS in Nigeria told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the Covid-19 challenge and concerns over supply chain informed the decision.
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This was contained in a publication made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja by Oluwakemi Gbadamosi, Senior Manager Communications, AIDS Health Care Foundation
He blamed the development on the inability of stakeholders to carry children and adolescent along in the fight against the virus.
According to him, only 30 per cent of adolescents in Africa and 12 to 13 per cent in Nigeria know their HIV status
Baeten said the result, which was contained in a study in four African countries where the risk of AIDS was high, has also been published online in the New England Journal of Medicine
He added: “This is because of the high cases recorded in Benue, Plateau and Nasarawa States as well as the Federal Capital Territory.
Udofia, who works in one of the PMTCT sites of the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health, said: “Most women we have counselled do not want to tell their husbands
He said the foreign donors provide $600,000 (N118.2 million), which represents 50 per cent of the funds required for the treatment programme, while Nigeria provides 25 per cent of the funds required.
Alhaji Sa’ad Bello, the Camp Coordinator also confirmed that the common illnesses found among the IDPs were trauma, malnutrition and eyes problems
Camara said the medical store at Abidjan owned by ECOWAS, which was transferred to Ghana, had been stocked with anti-retroviral drugs produced by a Nigerian pharmaceutical company
Oluwakemi Gbadamosi, the Advocacy Manager of AHF, gave the assurance on Saturday during a community outreach to commemorate the 2015 International Condom Day
“The programme is being conducted by the BPW in conjunction with the National Agency for Control of Aids and the Sure P.”
Watila said the aim of the programme was to ascertain the health status of the IDPs and prevent disease spread among them
He added that it will also help those on life treatment, stressing that people live on treatment for 15 years to 30 years
Also, the state government is frowning at the situation in which the result of test conducted on a person is made known to another party without the person’s consent or when he or she is yet to know the result of the test
The President, who was represented by Vice-President Namadi Sambo at the inauguration in Abuja, said the Federal Government was committed to the elimination of Mother to Child transmission of HIV by 2016
Obanikoro made this known when he declared open a one-day symposium in Abuja entitled: “Ownership and Sustainability of Health Programmes – HIV in focus