Ado-Ekiti – No fewer than 292 persons
have so far tested positive to the HIV
virus in Ido-Osi Local Government Area
of Ekiti State.
The Head of Ido-Osi Local Government
Action Committee on AIDS, Mrs Modupe
Ajayi, made this public in Ido-Ekiti on
Friday.
She said the figure represented the sum
total of reports made available to her by
field officers attached to the committee.
Ajayi also said more than 5, 620 persons
were also counseled and later tested, out
which 37 pregnant women, 73 males and
146 females tested positive.
She said those who tested positive had
already been referred to the Federal
Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti, for
confirmation of their status and
subsequent treatment.
According to her, officials of her
committee now pay advocacy visits to
institutions such as Oganganmodu
Grammer School, Ido-Ekiti, Corpers’s
Secretariat, Ido-Ekiti and Victory
Orphanage, Ifaki-Ekiti.
Mr Taiwo Benson, the Executive Director
of the Foundation for Community, Family
Health and Rights Development in Ekiti,
appealed to government to increase the
budget of the State AIDS Control
Agency to enable it effectively combat
the pandemic. (NAN)