THE prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Taraba State has become a source of worry to Non-Governmental Organisations NGOs in the state.
The rate, which prior to recent assessment, had reduced to about 5.1 per cent is said to have jumped to 5.8 per cent, following a 2010 National HIV sero-prevalence sentinel survey.
Piqued by the development, the leadership of the Center for Peace Education and Community Development, Network Forum, and the National Youth Network on HIV/AIDS, Population and Development have stressed the need for all hands to be on deck to stamp our the virus
Speaking to The Guardian, during the weekend in Ardo-Kola local government area, the state coordinator of the NGOs, Joseph Gimba, said:
“It is only important that all departments, agencies working in the health sector put their acts together to reverse the trend.”
He said: “The increase in the last HIV sero-prevalence sentinel survey is a signal that something is seriously wrong from the last celebrated rate to this present high rate.”
He beckoned on relevant organisations and the state government, as a matter of urgency, to device mechanisms that would halt the epidemic from further spreading.
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