2022 World HIV Day: Zamfara govt establishes 11 comprehensive sites for HIV services.




Dr Hussaini Anka ES ZAMSACA,Pharmacist Aliyu Maikiyo Permanent secretary Zamfara state ministry of health. 

From Ahmed Attahiru 



The Zamfara state government through the ministry of health has established 11 comprehensive site for HIV services,62 sites for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV across the 14 local government areas in the state. 


Briefing newsmen on Thursday evening to commemorate the 2022 world HIV Day,the Zamfara state commissioner for health Aliyu Abubakar MC disclosed that, Zamfara state has prevalence of 0.4% and is among state with lowest HIV cases in the country.


" State government through the ministry of health is making a giant stride toward achieving global epidemic control of HIV/AIDS by the year 2030 through deliberate policies and programmes that curtail the spread of HIV and improve the living conditions of those affected by the disease ".


According to the commissioner who was represented by the permanent secretary Pharmacist Aliyu Maikiwo said state ministry of health in its efforts to reposition HIV services,has restructured the state HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Sexually transmitted infections and cervical cancer control programs.


He stressed that the Zamfara state agency for the control of AIDS (ZAMSACA) and SASCP are now working closely to ensure effective  and efficient HIV services in the state," the ministry is also providing enabling environment for partners  implementing HIV services in the state ". he stated.


He further revealed that global HIV response is in danger,even as its remains a major public health issue that affects millions of people worldwide. 



Earlier on ,the Executive Secretary ZAMSACA Dr Hussaini Anka disclosed that the is available drugs for HIV at all the centres and is free.


Dr Anka maintained that the agency is working  to ensure that all couples must under go test before marriage,"a bill to that is under way, its has even passed first reading at the state house of Assembly".


In his goodwill message, Mr Alimi Oyin Damola of Health system consult limited USAID-ACE 3 Project, Zamfara disclosed that as at December 2021,6000 were receiving antiretroviral therapy but now it has drop to 4000 across health facilities in the state. 


He said 44,000 people were tested in the 14 local government areas of the state and 365 were positive."as at today we recorded zero transmission in the state. 


He stated that record available has shown that 650,000 people died of HIV related causes globally in 2021.



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