So I was reading an article published by the United States CDC on the fight to end HIV/AIDS by five African countries during the just concluded World HIV/ AIDS conference in Paris. I was thinking and hoping that Nigeria the giant of Africa will be one of those countries to invest resources into this epidemics since she is one of the countries affected by this virus. I was wrong again in hopes that Nigeria my country will answer a clarion call in providing political will that it takes to confront an epidemic like the one we are facing. Rather I was surprised to read countries like Zambia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Uganda and one other smaller African country are taking the fight to this epidemic plaguing Africa continent as a whole. The success of these countries in fighting HIV/AIDS and TB in their countries was the willingness and courage of their leaders to take the bull by the horn and invest on much needed education, radio, billboard and television AD to reach their citizenship. Nigeria and our political leaders can not continue to do the same thing and expect different results. Much smaller countries in Africa presented state of their countries health care during the World HIV/AIDS conference held in Paris this last July. It is only Nigeria as a country who does not have a reliable testing assay for this virus, inadequate laboratories, unskilled lab workers and consequently resulting to false HIV lab results. It is about time for our people especially those on this forum to cry out in what ever way they can for our country to come to our help. People are losing their lives, when there are antiviral medicines to dispense void of politics and corruption
I do not reside in Nigeria but I feel so bad for my dear country been on the side lines in every World affairs especially when it comes to the health of our people. IF ONLY NIGERIA CAN CONFRONT THE HIV EPIDEMICS AS THEY DID WITH EBOLA CRISES FEW YEARS AGO.
Lastly if any reader knows how to reach Federal Minister of Health and the World Health Organization Representative in Nigeria Please post their official address and or email address on this forum. I personally wants to write to them and register my concerns and inadequacies in our health care.