Lagos State Government Embarks On State Wide HIV Testing

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The Lagos State Government, through the State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), has embarked on aggressive HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) to every part of the State in order to reduce the prevalence rate of the dreaded disease.

The Acting Chief Executive Officer, LSACA, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye disclosed this while addressing Lagosians during a recent HCT campaign to Aiyetoro and Ebute Oluwo markets in Epe Local Government to get the residents, market men and women tested for the disease and as well as commence early detection and treatment of infected persons .

He explained that the acquisition of the mobile HCT truck by LSACA had significantly ease the movement of the campaign team from one part of Lagos to another in a bid to aid early detection and treatment of HIV even in rural areas of the State.

While imploring the residents in the community to come out for the test and counseling programme, he assured that his Agency is determined to ensure the zero prevalence of HIV in Lagos which is in line with the position of President Mohammadu Buhari's call to action to end AIDS by 2030.

Responding, Mrs. Ekundayo Labake who spoke on behalf of Baba and Iya Oloja, Alhaji Akeem Dauda and Mrs. Idowu Afuye respectively of Ebute Oluwo market in Epe applauded the HCT programme, saying it is a step in the right direction.

While urging the government to always remember them in the implementation of its various policies, she called on residents and traders to inform others on the benefit of the free HIV Counseling and Testing in the community

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