HIV/AIDS Programe needs to extend beyond 2015 says NACA

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Professor John Idoko, has stressed the need for concerted efforts in order to sustain the project especially in the face of the various successes recorded since the emergence of the virus in 1986.

The NACA boss stated this during the national dialogue on effective implementation and post 2015 development agenda in Abuja.

He said Nigeria as a country has seen remarkable reduction in new infections, significant reduction in the elimination of mother to child transmission, and use of treatment as prevention.

He said, “We cannot relent in our efforts, beyond 2015 we must ensure that the HIV/AIDS programme is still on the agenda.

“It must be part of the sustainable development goals, which meant be pushed to 2020.

“We cannot afford to relax.” more: http://www.punchng.com/news/naca-wants-hivaids-programme-beyond-2015/