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NACA DG Inaugurates National PMTCT and Pediatric ART Acceleration Plan Committee in Ekiti

... stresses commitment of Government to ending AIDs as a public health threat by year 2030
 
 In a landmark move  towards combating the scourge of HIV and AIDS among children and other groups, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) , Dr. Temitope Ilori joined by the Ekiti Commissioner for Health and Human Services Dr Oyebanji Filani has inaugurated the National Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Acceleration Plan Committee in Ekiti State.

Performing the official inauguration of the 15 - member committee in Ado-Ekiti  , the NACA Director General NACA, said that the Committee was expected to intensify efforts to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission and improving access to treatment for children living with HIV.

Dr Ilori disclosed that Nigeria has a significant challenge on preventing mother to child transmission of HIV noting that approximately 140,000 children aged 0-14 in Nigeria are living with HIV, with 22,000 new infections and 15,000 AIDS -related deaths occurring each year. 

She said in order to tackle the problem frontally , the Minister of state for Health recently established a national-level acceleration Committee " and  we are replicating this model at the state level to ensure that  states across the Federation are fully engaged in eliminating mother- to- child transmission of HIV, along with real-time programme monitoring" 

The NACA Director General added that her team was working actively to provide the right environment for achieving the goal of ending AIDs as a public health threat by 2030. 

In his remarks, the Ekiti Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani noted that the state has made significant efforts and  has committed great resources to reducing cases of HIV and AIDS in the state. 

Dr Filani said that an AIDS- free generation is  within our reach adding that no child should be born HIV-positive in Ekiti State" . 

The Commissioner further disclosed that in Ekiti State under  Ulerawa, 
 the State Flagship Health Insurance Programme, every resident has access to free healthcare services at any of the State Primary Health Centers including HIV AIDS diagnosis  and treatment.

He charged members of the Committee and other relevant stakeholders across all communities in the state to ensure that HIV and AIDS becomes history in Ekiti and Nigeria at large.

Earlier his remarks, the Executive Secretary of the Ekiti State AIDS Control Agency (EkSACA). Dr. Dairo Ojo, expressed confidence that the committee would fulfill its mandate of eliminating mother-to-child transmission of the HIV virus  across the state.

In their goodwill messages, members of the committee who were drawn from various relevant MDAs, civil society organizations, Faith-based organizations as well as health professionals amongst others expressed their commitment to achieving the year 2030 goal.

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