No fewer than\u00a0 292 persons have so far tested positive to the\u00a0 HIV virus\u00a0 in Ido-Osi Local Government Area of\u00a0 Ekiti State.<\/p>\n
The Head of\u00a0\u00a0 Ido-Osi Local Government Action Committee on AIDS, Mrs. Modupe Ajayi, made this public\u00a0 in Ido-Ekiti on Friday.<\/p>\n
She said the figure represented\u00a0\u00a0 the sum total of reports made available to her by field officers attached to the committee.<\/p>\n
Ajayi also said more than 5, 620 persons were also counseled and later tested, out which 37 pregnant women, 73 males and 146 females tested positive.<\/p>\n
She said those who tested positive had\u00a0 already been referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Ido-Ekiti,\u00a0 for confirmation of their status and subsequent treatment.<\/p>\n
According to her, officials of\u00a0 her committee\u00a0 now pay\u00a0 advocacy visits to institutions such as\u00a0 Oganganmodu Grammer School, Ido-Ekiti, Corpers\u2019s Secretariat, Ido-Ekiti and\u00a0 Victory Orphanage, Ifaki-Ekiti.<\/p>\n
Mr Taiwo Benson, the Executive Director of the Foundation for Community, Family Health and Rights Development in Ekiti, appealed to government to increase the budget of\u00a0 the State AIDS Control Agency to enable it effectively combat the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
No fewer than\u00a0 292 persons have so far tested positive to the\u00a0 HIV virus\u00a0 in Ido-Osi Local Government Area of\u00a0 Ekiti State. The Head of\u00a0\u00a0 Ido-Osi Local Government Action Committee…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n