December 1st yearly has been set aside as world AIDS Day, stakeholders have called for equal access to HIV services.
They also called for special attention to children and pregnant women in the execution of policies toward ending the scourge.
The stakeholders spoke on Wednesday in Asaba at a ceremony to commemorate the 2022 Wold AIDS Day (WAD).
The 2022 WAD has the theme: `Equalise to end AIDS’. to address inequalities which are holding back progress toward ending AIDS.Mr Christopher Ogbe, the State Coordinator for Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) said the theme, “Equalise to end AIDS”, was to ensure equal access of treatment and prevention to everyone.
He noted that the awareness campaign was in solidarity with millions of persons that have died as a result of HIV/AIDS worldwide, to review the progress that have been made so far and to see the areas where there are lapses and to improve upon such areas
He stressed the need for equal treatment to every person living with HIV/AIDS, in order to achieve the goal, by ending AIDS in 2030.He said it was necessary for partnership with a view to capture more people into the AIVS data base for easy access to treatment, especially
children and women who have not been captured,
With the hope of ending AIDS in the year 2030
Dr Efifie Uchechukwu, State Program Manager for Excellent Community Education and Welfare Scheme (ECEWS)
Said the body is a NGO that is partnering with the United State Government and the government of Nigeria including the government of Delta State to end HIV/AIDS by the year 2030.The Delta State director, Partnership and Policy Coordinator, Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS Mrs Grace Sifo, said their duties was to ensure all HIV/AIDs patents get equal access to treatment, put a stop to inequalities and work towards eradicating obstacles that will hinder patients adequate health care
Mrs Sifo, however, called on the government and all stakeholders to intensify efforts toward ending the scourge.
The Chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Asaba Chapter Mrs Stellamarize Mejulu
urged the society to be vigilant and to also know that the menace called HIV/AIDS is real and not only contacted from sex, but could be contacted from saloon, when you do manicure and pedicure, sharing needles, and blood transfusions, hence the need for public awareness and worked against stigmatization as such act could lead to death penalty.
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