4 July 2008
Lagos — Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), yesterday in Abuja, said Benue still ranked highest in HIV prevalence in Nigeria.
According to him, Benue, in the North-Central region, has 10 per cent prevalence rate, followed by Akwa-Ibom in the South-south zone with eight per cent.
Enugu in the South-east has 6.5 per cent, Kaduna in the North-west, 5.6 per cent, Taraba in the North-east, 6.1 per cent, while Ogun in the South-west has 3.6 prevalence rate.
He spoke at a workshop on the creation of budget lines on
HIV and AIDS in federal ministries, departments and agencies.
Osotimehin said a multi-sectoral approach would be needed to curb the epidemic, as the prevalence rate in some states was unacceptable.
The approach is to include ministries, departments, agencies, public, private, civil society, faith-based organisations and the three-tiers of government to fight the scourge," he said.
Osotimehin said the sectoral response would cover key areas such as prevention, treatment, care and support.
Minister of Finance, Dr Shamsudeen Usman, also implored ministries, departments and agencies to support NACA financially.
Represented by Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alhaji Jibrin Zarewa, Shamsudeen said the fight against HIV and AIDS should be given priority attention.
He alluded to a report by UNAIDS, indicating that 50 million people had been infected with the virus in the last two years.
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Planet earth is technologically advanced and developed more than ever before. Electricity, Nuclear, DNA, Electromagnetic Radiation, Oxygen is all being used to treat and cure several viral infections in hospitals and clinics but unfortunately none of such technologies have ever been widely used on HIV.
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Omnivir treatment gas does not only kill HIV or opportunistic infections, but also helps to boost the immune systems by raising the CD4 count. The immune system contains different types of cells that help protect the body from infection. One of these types of specialized cells are called the CD4 or T-cells. HIV attacks these types of cells and uses them to make more copies / multiply. And in doing so, HIV weakens the immune system, making it unable to protect the body from illness and infection. The less the CD4 cell count the more you are susceptible to AIDS causing infections. Using omnivir will help you stay health and live a normal long life by killing the HIV and aiding reproduction of the CD4 T Cell.
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It is adisable that NACA carry out further relevant statistics to explain why Benue has so high HIV prevalence rate. If that can be uncovered, NACA can progressively uncover the cause of the existence of HIV in the country. HIV and AIDS are being spread by some foreign agents through public water system and food supply for sure and it is up to NACA to positively uncover the source. HIV and AIDS are not naturally occurring.