Taraba State and the United States, have embarked on a partnership, to reduce the prevailing rate of HIV in the state to zero tolerance.
The new partnership was sealed in Jalingo between Governor Darius Ishaku and the United States Charge de Affairs in Nigeria, Kathleen Fitzgibbon.
According to the Taraba State Government, the prevalence rate for HIV in the state, has decreased from 10.5% to 2.9% between 2012 to 2021.
Governor Darius Ishaku says, the partnership with the U.S on HIV, will go a long way at reducing stigmatisation against persons living with the disease and assured that other diseases will not be relegated to the background.
The Governor said that, health facilities are available to support the renewed campaign against HIV in the state and that the government will continue to assist where necessary.
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According to the United States Charge de Affairs, Kathleen Fitzgibbon, the healthcare model in Taraba State, makes for easy execution of the HIV eradication programme.
General hospitals renovated and upgraded in the three geopolitical zones, as well as the 150 primary healthcare centres, will be used in the renewed campaign against HIV in Taraba State.
(Edited by Tunde Orebiyi)
