Health workers to begin house-to-house HIV screening
Written by Chinye John
Updated 10 minutes ago
- Nigeria will begin house-to-house HIV/AIDS screening in communities in the Federal Capital Territory
- House committee chairman on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malarial control says the screening will help many Nigerians know their HIV status and push for early treatment and prevention
- Also, the director-general said several communities and its members across Nigeria have played a significant role in the national response to HIV since its inception
The lawmaker representing Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dahiru Sariki, has said that health workers in Nigeria will begin a house-to-house HIV/AIDS screening in communities in the Federal Capital Territory.
Sariki, who is the chairman of the house committee on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malarial control said the screening will help ensure that a good number of Nigerians ascertain their HIV status and push for early treatment and prevention.
Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday, November 20, at a press conference organised by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) to commemorate the World AIDS Day, Sariki urged the agency to ensure that more Nigerians are captured in the screening process.
Updated 10 minutes ago
- Nigeria will begin house-to-house HIV/AIDS screening in communities in the Federal Capital Territory
- House committee chairman on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malarial control says the screening will help many Nigerians know their HIV status and push for early treatment and prevention
- Also, the director-general said several communities and its members across Nigeria have played a significant role in the national response to HIV since its inception
The lawmaker representing Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Dahiru Sariki, has said that health workers in Nigeria will begin a house-to-house HIV/AIDS screening in communities in the Federal Capital Territory.
Sariki, who is the chairman of the house committee on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malarial control said the screening will help ensure that a good number of Nigerians ascertain their HIV status and push for early treatment and prevention.
Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday, November 20, at a press conference organised by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) to commemorate the World AIDS Day, Sariki urged the agency to ensure that more Nigerians are captured in the screening process.
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