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31 Aug 2012

292 Test Positive To HIV In Ekiti Council

The Head of   Ido-Osi Local Government Action Committee on AIDS, Mrs Modupe Ajayi, made this public  in Ido-Ekiti on Friday.
She said the figure represented   the sum total of reports made available to her by field officers attached to the committee.
Ajayi also said more than 5, 620 persons were also counseled and later tested, out which 37 pregnant women, 73 males and 146 females tested positive.
She said those who tested positive had  already been referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti,  for confirmation of their status and subsequent treatment.
According to her, officials of  her committee  now pay  advocacy visits to institutions such as  Oganganmodu Grammer School, Ido-Ekiti, Corpers’s Secretariat, Ido-Ekiti and  Victory Orphanage, Ifaki-Ekiti.
Mr Taiwo Benson, the Executive Director of the Foundation for Community, Family Health and Rights Development in Ekiti, appealed to government to increase the budget of  the State AIDS Control Agency  to enable it effectively combat the pandemic. (NAN)

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