Agencies partner to halt spread of HIV, AIDS

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The National Orientation Agency (NOA) says it will partner with National Agency for Control of Aids (NACA) to strategise and stop the scourge of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) at the grassroots.

Dr Garba Abari, the Director-General of NOA made this known when the Director-General of NACA, Dr Sani Aliyu paid him a courtesy call at NOA Headquarters on Thursday in Abuja.

Abari said the time had come for the campaign against HIV and Aids to take root at the grassroots level where the scourge was prevalent.

According to Abari, the high rate of spread of the disease has become worrisome despite effort of government and international community at curbing the spread in the last 10 years.

“If information does not get to the lower community level of the society, we will continue to have this high incidence in our communities.”

He said the NOA would transcend the…

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