NACA Assures Of Availability Of HIV Drugs In Nigeria

Regardless of the current announcement by the President of The US of America, Donald Trump, to withdraw from the availability of HIV medicine, the Director Basic of the Nationwide Company for AIDS, Dr Temitope Ilori, has assured Nigerians of enough availability of HIV medicine in all hospitals in Nigeria.Ilori made the declaration on Wednesday on the Inauguration of the Prevention of Mom-to-Little one Transmission (PMCT) and Pediatric HIV/AIDS Accelerated Committee in Jalingo, Taraba state capital.She mentioned there was a critical dedication by the Federal Authorities via the Ministry of Finances and Nationwide Planning to reinforce budgetary provision for HIV/AIDS Management to make sure enough availability of medication and testing kits.

She gave assurance that the federal government wouldn’t fail in its duty to cut back its prevalence to the barest minimal in addition to to maintain the struggle to make sure that Nigeria was AIDS-free.

The DG urged the committee to make sure that Taraba was HIV-free shortly, including that mother-to-child transmission was one other frequent supply of spreading the pandemic.

She additionally mentioned the company was working exhausting in collaboration with completely different companions to make sure the marketing campaign and response to the pandemic reached each nook of Nigeria.

She additional searched for the collective efforts by all stakeholders within the trade to make sure the eradication of HIV AIDS in Nigeria.

“The inclusion of interfaith teams within the simply inaugurated committee was to make sure sensitisation of girls in direction of entry to testing throughout antenatal and postnatal intervals.Ilori recommended Taraba State for its sustained response towards correcting the narratives as the very best state with HIV AIDS prevalence charge within the North East.