As Sierra Leone joins the world today December 1st to observe this year’s World AIDS days, Uganda former Vice President, Dr. Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe has dropped in to join the country.
Coordinator of the National Aids Secretariat (NAS)Abubakarr Koroma yesterday told Concord Times that Dr. Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe is in the country to commemorate the Worlds Aids day in the country with this year’s theme: ‘The Time to Act Is Now’.
He said (NAS) is going to launch this year’s celebration in Kenema, in the east. He said they are targeting 100, 000 people across the country with massive distribution of condoms.
According to the NAS Coordinator Abubakarr Koroma, his secretariat wasn’t able to provide treatment for HIV/AIDS patients last year as a result of the Ebola “We have not been able to treat HIV/AIDS patients as a result of the Ebola virus,” said Koroma. The program is to also encourage the public about the danger and prevention of HIV in the country “Despite the challenges we faced last year with the Ebola outbreak. This secretariat is going to continue engaging the public about the prevention of this virus,” he said.
According to the World Health Organizations (WHO) press release new infections have fallen by 35% since 2000 and AIDS-related deaths by 24%. Some 16 million people are now receiving antiretroviral treatment – more than 11 million of them in Africa. Ten million men in East- and Southern Africa have volunteered for medical male circumcision – a procedure that reduces a man’s risk of contracting HIV by 60%.
But now it’s time to act even more boldly, to take innovative steps so the world can meet the Sustainable Development Goal target of ending the epidemic by 2030. This September, world leaders agreed ambitious interim targets to fast track efforts to end AIDS.
Source: Concord Times
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