How Nigeria can end the HIV/AIDS scourge by 2030 — Foundation

@BamasVictoria To achieve the goals of eradicating HIV/AIDS by the year 2030, everyone involved would have to ‘keep the promise’, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Coordinator for AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Dr. Kema Onu has said.

Onu while speaking in Abuja during the viewing of a film documentary to mark the organisation’s 30th anniversary said, ‘’We have so far tested over one million people and we have over 13,000 people in care.

‘‘This fight is a collective one and all of us must team up and live the promise of eradicating HIV/AIDS. We must all contribute our quota towards ending the virus by 2030,” he said.

The UN AID Country Representative represented by the Strategic Adviser, Modupe Oduwole said the country has come a long way in eradicating the virus.

‘‘When we started this struggle, there were no enough drugs but now we have enough drugs that could suppress the virus.

‘‘We want people to own up the fight and to continue the advocacy so as to achieve the global target of ending the virus by 2030,” Oduwole noted.

A House of Representative member representing Akwanga/Wamba and Nasarawa Eggon Federal Constituency, Mr Davematics Ombugado, said the government is committed towards ending the cases of HIV/ AIDS in the country.

‘‘We want to encourage all stakeholders in the country to end the virus. People need to start speaking out. Civil societies and other nongovernmental organisation must champion this fight so as we can collectively do our best,” he maintained.