Dr. Osagie Ehinare, Minister of Health on says Nigeria is on track in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Ehinare who was represented by Mr. Araoye Segilola, National Coordinator, AIDS/STI Department in the ministry, said Nigeria had made tremendous success in reducing the scourge.
He noted that years back, discrimination against persons living with the disease was very high, saying that today the story had changed.
Ehinare who reiterated calls for more to be done in saving lives said identifying communities with most infections was imperative for making more progress.
“We need to work with the communities and engage them in order to save them because we do not want them to die,” the minister said.
Earlier, Sen. Chukwuka Utazi, Senate committee chairman on Primary Health care, described World AIDS Day as a day of celebration of the heroes of AIDS.
Utazi reiterated expressed government’s commitment to winning the war against AIDS by ensuring that those on treatment…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
