Group Blames High Hiv/aids Prevalence On Lack Of Technology

Pepple called on the state government to provide other HIV and AIDS machines and kit to ensure proper treatment of HIV patients in the state. In his response, the HIV and AIDS Programme Manager of the Ministry of Health, Dr Golden Owhonda, said that government had reduced theprevalence of the diseasefrom 7.3 per cent to 6.0. He saidthe state government planned to build a molecular lab at the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital which would be equipped with a viral load assessment and DNA ECR machines, among others. Owhonda said the statehad also procured and distributed thousands of anti retroviral drugs to about 200 medical centres across the state to boost treatment. Our prevalence as at the last Anti-Natal Care Prevalence (ANC) survey conducted in 2010 was 6.0 per cent which fell from 7.3 per cent in previous surveys. You will find the original content at this website http://www.punchng.com/news/rivers-group-blames-high-hivaids-mortality-on-lack-of-viral-load-machine/
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