Rivers
State has the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS with a
total of 145,236 adults and 15,000 children affected, a Non-Governmental
Organisation has said.
Co-ordinator,
Rhema Care Integrated Development Centre, Priscillia Shu, stated this
when the HIV/AIDS awareness center facilitated a sensitisation programme
among staff of the Rivers State Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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The
awareness campaigner stressed the need for abstinence and faithfulness
to one uninfected partner To curb the spread of HIV/AIDS.
She also advised on the need to avoid use of unsterilized sharp instruments and ensure that only screened blood are transfused.
Shu
recalled that the epidemic first came to lime-light in America in the
80s then gradually crept into Nigeria in 1988 in Calabar through a
13-year-old teenage girl.
Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism Mrs. Grace
Akpughunum-Okwulehie who was represented by the ministry’s Director of
Administration, Mrs. Ibiere Pepple enjoined all staff to join hands in
minimizing the spread of HIV/AIDS
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