Anambra Govt calls for open discussions about HIV in homes to curb spread

Anambra State authorities has called for unfastened and regular discussions astir HIV astatine the household unit, saying it could assistance curb the dispersed of the illness successful the state.

The Executive Director and Project Manager of the Anambra State AIDS Control Agency, ANSACA, Dr. Nkem Okeke, made the telephone during a chat with journalists at the weekend.

He said families indispensable marque renewed efforts to marque HIV a strategical household conversation, stressing that everyone has a relation to play successful achieving holistic epidemic power successful Anambra State and Nigeria.

Okeke emphasized that HIV prevention, testing, attraction and the combat against stigma should not beryllium the sole work of authorities and healthcare professionals, but families and communities should prosecute successful unfastened and regular discussions astir it.

“HIV needs to beryllium made a strategical household speech again, and everybody indispensable beryllium progressive successful the thrust to execute holistic epidemic power successful Anambra, and so Nigeria.

“Encouraging honorable conversations astir HIV wrong families would beforehand aboriginal testing, amended entree to treatment, trim stigma and discrimination, portion inspiring heal...