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The State Commissioner for Health Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf disclosed this at a Press briefing organised to commemorate the world AIDS day, 2023 held at the conference hall of the ministry.
Dr. Labaran says Kano State Government, like any other states in the country followed suite to mark this historic day in solidarity with 38 Million people worldwide and 2 Million in Nigeria who are living with HIV and we remember those who have lost their lives to AIDs.
_The State Government
is committed to making our communities the frontrunners to this cause and will continue to support them tirelessly to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic._
The Kano State Ministry of Health and the Kano State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA) are joined by the HIV/AIDS partners in the state to observe the 2023 World AIDS Day which is an important event for governments, development partners, CSOS, communities, and people living with HIV worldwide.
However, Kano State Agency for the Control of Aids (KSACA) is joining the rest of the world in commemorating the World AIDS Day 2023 to achieve the following objectives.
- To join Global Solidarity and Shared Responsibility in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
- To emphasize our commitment to involving our community leaders in all our HIV
response including planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Stranthening our commitment to supporting our communities' leaders including with funding to enable them to scale up their activities.
Similarly efforts are in top gear to formalize the process of enactment of Comprehensive Marital Law, which is not only to screen for HIV but also includes Sickle Cell Genotype and Hepatitis B, and other ancillary investigations, Says the Commissioner.
Meanwhile, the agency have improved strategies to halt mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS by successfully conducting HIV testing for 95% of all pregnant women during their first ANC visit, out of which only 0.04% returned HIV positive.
While we commemorate World AIDS Day 2023, as a government, we are committed to "Let Communities Lead" including the Network of People Living with HIV takes the centre role in our HIV response plans, programs, budget, and monitoring of our interventions in the fight to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We renew this commitment and call on everyone to join us in this fight, he stressed.
The Commissioner further reiterate poeple to stand in solidarity, remember those we've lost, and keep pushing forward until we achieve a world free of AIDS.
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