New HIV Infection Rates on the Increase
The HIV director in Western Equatoria State Jane Bagbe has revealed that there is a high increase of new HIV infections in the state ahead of the marking of the World Aids Day in December. 20 November 2012 HIV director in Western Equatoria State Jane Bagbe at her office in Yambio. [Joseph Nashion] By Joseph Nashion YAMBIO, 20 November 2012 [Gurtong] - She said that new HIV infections have risen from 72 per cent to almost 80 per cent from the joint field monitoring and evaluation report conducted by different humanitarian organisations in Western Equatoria State. She has urged the partners to join hands with the state government to educate the people on the dangers of the disease adding that the result of this field visit are scaring. The Director mentioned the free cross boarder and presence of returnees to be some of the factors leading to the high increase of these cases and suggested testing services should be mostly at the boarders. She urged the citizens to stay away from sexual activities before knowing their status. She said her office is ready to improve on the awareness strategies but need both financial and human resources to help fighting the killer disease. She urged on the all the partners involved in this task to present reports on the world AIDS day in the early December on the ongoing struggle to have a HIV free society. She also said the church should however take a lead in sensitizing its people since this is the only trusted institution. Posted in: Home, Governance, Health -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
