Rivers
State has the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS with a
total of 145,236 adults and 15,000 children affected, a Non-Governmental
Organisation has said.
Co-ordinator,
Rhema Care Integrated Development Centre, Priscillia Shu, stated this
when the HIV/AIDS awareness center facilitated a sensitisation programme
among staff of the Rivers State Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The
awareness campaigner stressed the need for abstinence and faithfulness
to one uninfected partner To curb the spread of HIV/AIDS.
She also advised on the need to avoid use of unsterilized sharp instruments and ensure that only screened blood are transfused.
Shu
recalled that the epidemic first came to lime-light in America in the
80s then gradually crept into Nigeria in 1988 in Calabar through a
13-year-old teenage girl.
Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism Mrs. Grace
Akpughunum-Okwulehie who was represented by the ministry’s Director of
Administration, Mrs. Ibiere Pepple enjoined all staff to join hands in
minimizing the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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