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NEPWHAN Seeks Adequate Funding for Disease Eradication Programmes

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Prioritizing funding for programmes on ending HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria epidemics would go a long way in reducing their scourge in the country.

Oyo State Programme Officer for Resilience and Sustainable Health System for Health, Covid-19 Response Mechanism Project, Mr Adebiyi Oluseun stated this in Ibadan during a media chat.

Mr Oluseun explained that it was vital that the Federal Government improved funding for the programmes, taking into consideration the toll of the diseases over the years.

He explained that the aim of the media round-table was to brief stakeholders and traditional rulers on efforts put in place by the organization to strengthen the Health sector to ensure people get quality healthcare and accountability for diseases such as  Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Mr Adebiyi noted that the second quarter was six months and that it would be rounded off in December.

He said that the project was able to achieve positive results in some selected local governments.

In an address, the Oyo State Coordinator of the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDs in Nigeria, Mr Faith Olawale, who said Oyo State was among the eighteen States selected to implement the projects, lauded the state government for its support in achieving positive results.

Mr Olawale called on the people to cooperate with the organization in their other quarters to be able to provide quality health services delivery.

The event featured goodwill messages from representatives of the Director of Public Health, Oyo State Ministry of Health, Mr Dupe Oladele, the State Coordinator of Tuberculosis Network and Baale, Oluyole Estate and Environs, Chief Yemi Ogunyemi.

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Accessing quality healthcare keeps HIV/AIDS patients fit – NEPWHAN

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People living with HIV/AIDs and other diseases have been urged to present themselves early at the hospital to access quality health care.

An official of the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, NEPWHAN, Mrs Nkechi Okoro, stated this on day one of a three-day training held at Mauve 21 Event Centre in Ibadan 

Mrs Okoro said when people with diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and COVID-19 accessed quality healthcare, they would remain healthy.

Mrs Okoro explained that the essence of the training was to sensitize people on ways to render healthcare services at the state level and also in the communities.

Mrs Okoro, who called on communities to look inward for other means of funds, noted that the funds from donors had reduced a little. 

In an address of welcome, Oyo State Coordinator of NEPWHAN, Mr Olawale Faith said the state advocacy team would be charged with the responsibilities of monitoring the response in addressing key issues of COVID-19, AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria efficiency.

Mr Olawale noted that the state advocacy team would be inaugurated at the end of the three-day training.

There were goodwill messages from representatives of traditional rulers, Baale of Oluyole Yemi Ogunyemi, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and other stakeholders.

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Ogun Govt, US Embassy Collaborate On Tackling AIDS

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The United States Government is taking steps to enroll 21,000 people for HIV treatment in Nigeria towards controlling the epidemic in the country.

The Chief Deputy Mission, United States Embassy, Mrs Kathleen Fitzgibbon stated this at the EXCOs Chamber, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta when she paid a courtesy visit to Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. 

Mrs Fitzgibbon who pointed out that over 38, 000 people were living with HIV/AIDS in Ogun State, said the United States was taking steps to implement AIDS Prevention Initiative, APIN, in Nigeria towards fighting the scourge of the Virus in the country.

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Responding, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun said his administration would place a minimum of 118 people living with HIV/AIDS on treatment every week to lower the rate of infections and encourage diagnosis and treatment.

The governor said government would continue to embark on sensitization, advocacy and other preventive measures to ensure that more people were saved from HIV/AIDS, adding that HIV Rapid Test Kits would be provided towards ensuring that people know their HIV statuses.

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