HIV/AIDS: Agency Says Disease Prevalence In South-East Is Above National Average - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 13, 2019
The South-East geo-political zone has a national HumanImmunodeficiency Virus, HIV prevalence rate of 1.9, which is above the nationalaverage of 1.4.
At the commissioning of the South-East zonal office of theNational Agency for Control of AIDS, NACA in Umuahia, Abia State, it wasannounced that out of about 10 thousand persons living with the virus, lessthan 2 thousand avail themselves of the anti-retroviral drugs that are said tobe available and affordable.
The Director-General of NACA, Gambo Aliyu stated this at theceremony, decried the scenario and urged the victims to avail themselves of theanti-retroviral therapy, ART. He added that taking the drugs would make thesufferers live healthy lives and carry on their normal activities.
Aliyu stressed the need for people to go for a test to know their HIV status and thus begin early to do the needful if tested positive, to make them live normal lives. He also advised against stigmatizing HIV/AIDS victims.