Over 50,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in Kogi – KOSACA

Over 50,000 of us dwell with HIV/AIDS in Kogi Direct.

The Acting Govt Secretary of the Kogi Direct Company on HIV/AIDS (KOSACA), Ibrahim Anate, disclosed this in Lokoja on Monday at a one-day stakeholders dialogue.

Anate asserted that a total of 36,066 of us living with HIV are for the time being receiving treatment in Kogi Direct, whereas over 19,000 grasp failed to repeat up for treatment or counseling.

He opined that stigmatization and discrimination in opposition to of us living with HIV are causes why many people fail to shriek their situation.

The Acting Govt Secretary of KOSACA criticized some health companies and products in Kogi Direct for allegedly discriminating in opposition to of us living with HIV.

Per him, “There are 170,000 original infection cases of HIV in Nigeria. Globally, now we grasp 40 million original HIV infection cases. Here’s alarming. The dispute of stigmatization of of us living with HIV is extremely worrisome. While some of us aid stigmatizing those living with HIV, some health companies and products are additionally guilty of this merciless treatment.

“Here’s what now we were attempting to strive in opposition to in opposition to in Kogi Direct. We’re anticipating a dispute where the equal nurse or doctor will aid to all sufferers at the hospital with out reference to their HIV situation. They would possibly perhaps perhaps well perhaps aloof now not be saved in a separate ward.”

While expressing optimism that Kogi Direct Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo will imprint the anti-HIV stigmatization bill into rules, Anate called on spiritual leaders to champion the campaign in opposition to HIV stigmatization in Kogi Direct.

Earlier in her remarks, the Govt Secretary of Ninerela+ Nigeria, Amber Erinmwinhe, reiterated the group’s dedication to ending HIV stigmatization and gender-essentially essentially based violence in Nigeria.

“HIV is now not a death sentence. Many PLHIV grasp lost their lives, thanks to bother and stigma and discrimination. Non secular leaders must upward push to the event by instructing their followers on the dangers of stigmatization in opposition to of us living with HIV(PLHIV),” she added.

DAILY POST gathered that the stakeholders assembly aimed to space an agenda for a faith-essentially essentially based response to stigma and gender justice within the context of HIV.

It used to be organized by Ninerela+ Nigeria with give a enhance to from the US Amenities for Illness Regulate and Prevention and the Heart for Integrated Health Program.