A Non Governmental Organisation, AHF Nigeria, has taken its anti HIV/AIDS campaign and advocacy training to Nnung Udoe in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.
Dr Ekemini Essien, AHF Coordinator in Akwa Ibom, said at the closing of the two-day event, that participants were trained on HIV/AIDS prevention, detection and treatment.
He said that the programme was also used to train community-based people on advocacy strategies and access to HIV/AIDS services.
”We also trained the participants on how to identify and provide completely free quality service at the community level,” he said.
The coordinator said that during the training, participants were grouped in terms of age and other indices to form advocacy teams.
”The essence is to deepen awareness of our activities and their needs to the community, the participants are now equiped to play this role,” he said.
Essien said that the community advocacy group…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
