HIV/Aids: NASACA partners Nasarawa Assembly to tackle stigmatization


The Nasarawa state Aids Control Agency (NASACA), Monday, advocated for an effective collaboration with the Nasarawa state house of assembly for  the implementation of the state anti- stigmatisation law.


The Executive Director of NASACA Dr. Ruth  Bello made the appeal when the agency paid a courtesy visit to the state assembly standing committee on health in Lafia, the state capital.
She said increasing budgetary allocation for HIV/ Aids would not only tackle stigmatisation but would also tackle the menace in the state.


Bello explained that this year alone, out of the 22,000 HIV positive persons who were not on drugs, the agency has succeeded in tracing and placing back on drugs over 15,000 persons.
She thanked the committee members for doing the needful in supporting the activities of the agency, and appealed for more funding in the fight against the spread of HIV and Aids in the state.


Responding, the chairman of the committee, Hon. Usman Labaran Shafa, thanked the executive director for the visit and urged them to remain focused in the fight and control of the spread of HIV in the state, just as he assured them of adequate support to succeed.


Labaran Shafa, who was represented by Hon. Suleiman Abdulaziz Danladi noted that the committee would always put in it’s best for the agency to succeed.
He also called on the agency to redouble it’s efforts on the areas of sensitization and awareness campaign aimed at controlling the spread of the disease in the state.

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