Kano State Commissioner of Well being, Dr Abubakar Labaran, has stated no fewer than 46,732 individuals dwelling with HIV are receiving remedy within the state.
The commissioner made this identified whereas delivering a speech at a ceremony to commemorate this yr’s World AIDS Day in Kano on Friday.
The occasion with theme: ‘Let Communities Lead’, was in collaboration with the USAID in addition to different companions.
Mr Labaran defined that the federal government had carried out HIV assessments on 138,430 individuals from January up to now, including that out of the quantity, 4,728 had been discovered to be optimistic.
In line with him, this makes a complete of 46,732 individuals dwelling with the illness and receiving remedy within the state.
Mr Labaran defined additional that the state had improved its methods to halt mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS by efficiently conducting take a look at for 95 p.c of all pregnant girls throughout their first ANC go to, including that out of that determine, solely 0.04 p.c had been discovered optimistic.
“We’ve got examined a complete of 138,430 individuals for HIV and located 4,728 optimistic and have efficiently initiated new 4,140 HIV-infected individuals on ART from January 2023 up to now.
“At present there are 46,732 individuals dwelling with the illness and receiving remedy within the state.
“We’ve got improved our methods to halt mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS by efficiently conducting HIV testing for 95 p.c of all pregnant girls throughout their first ANC go to, out of which solely 0.04 p.c turned HIV optimistic,” the commissioner said.
Mr Labaran additional defined efforts by the state in managing the scenario the place he stated, for the primary time, the state had achieved HIV price range goal of N2 billion, representing 3 p.c of the whole well being price range within the proposed price range submitted to the Kano state Meeting.
The commissioner appreciated the help of companions like USAID, LHSS, NEPWHAN and KanSLAM for his or her advocacy engagements in the direction of reaching within the KSACA’s price range.
On his half, the Director-Basic, Kano State Company for the Management of AIDS, SACA, Dr Usman Bashir, stated they’d introduced on board 600 individuals dwelling with AIDS to profit from the free healthcare service package deal launched by the state authorities.
“A lot of the beneficiaries are youngsters of those that died of HIV, in addition to these youngsters dwelling with the illness,” he defined.
In line with Mr Bashir, the company is attempting its greatest to hold the individuals dwelling with HIV alongside in its actions so as to make them really feel sense of belonging.
He added that the HIV sufferers at the moment have two workplaces within the company, including that, “we’re additionally supporting them in varied methods to encourage them and help their wellbeing.
“That is along with preventing stigmatization in opposition to them. We check out greatest to combat stigmatization as a result of it has a unfavorable impression on their well being,” he stated.
