LSACA MOVES HIV CAMPAIGN TO EPE

The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) has embarked on HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) sensitization programme among the NAGARI NAKOWA
Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Lagos State.
Speaking at the event held at the salvation playing ground, Epe, the Chief
Executive Officer of the Agency, Dr. Oluseyi Temowo said it was important
to have HIV intervention programmes among the okada riders based on their prevalence in Epe division.
He posited that to eradicate HIV in Lagos State by 2030 based on the
90-90-90 initiative, every nook and cranny of the State must be visited to
carry out HCT.
According to him, “The 90-90-90 initiative means that: 90% of the people
must know their HIV status, 90% of those that know their status must have
access to Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) and 90% of those that have access
to ART must have suppressed viral load by 2020 and full eradication by 2030
in Lagos State.”
Dr. Temowo added that it is in view of the fact that a reasonable
percentage of okada riders exist in Epe that the Agency decided to conduct
HCT for them, imploring the members of the association and the general
public to cooperate with the counselor-testers for the success of the HIV
intervention programme.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Epe Branch of the Association, Mr. Olamilekan
Sababu thanked the Lagos State Government in its bid to make Epe HIV fre