LSACA CALLS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT ON HIV/AIDS CAMPAIGN

The Chief Executive Officer of Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), Dr.Oluseyi Temowo has called on private sector organisations in the State to assist the government in funding its HIV/AIDS campaign.

 

Dr. Temowo, who made the call after attending the second annual summit on the legislative network for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Abuja, commended government efforts towards having one percent Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) for Universal Basic Health Coverage for all the States in Nigeria.

 

He, however, noted that it would be more effective if the private sector could contribute towards complementing government efforts in funding HIV/AIDS programmes through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Fund.

 

He declared that, in line with the Agency’s vision of mitigating the effect of HIV/AIDS on those infected and affected by the scourge, LSACA has mounted an effective campaign for the reduction of HIV prevalence in Lagos State through Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) and hopes to do more.

 

Temowo stated that in recognition of the global trend in HIV intervention which is to eliminate new infections, discrimination and AIDS-related deaths, the Agency has scaled up its community outreach campaign of HIV Testing Services (HTS) for early detection and treatment to achieve eradication of the virus in Lagos State by 2030 using the  90-90-90 initiative.

 

The initiative projects that by 2030, 90% of the people must know their HIV status, 90% of those who know their status must have access to anti-retroviral treatment and 90% on anti-retroviral treatment must have suppressed viral load of the virus from its ability to infect others.