The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is in partnership with the Global Fund to launch a comprehensive three-month sensitisation programme, with a dedicated focus on tackling the prevailing gender and human rights challenges that significantly affect individuals living with or affected by HIV. The Director of NACA, Gambo Aliyu, in a statement issued on Thursday, said the collaborative effort aims to ensure equal rights and opportunities for all individuals affected by HIV, marking a significant step forward in the battle against the virus.
He said, “People living with, vulnerable to, or affected by HIV are entitled to enjoyment of all human rights and exercising equal participation in civil, political, social, economic and cultural life, without prejudice, stigma or discrimination of any kind.
“Unfortunately, these people are either unaware of their rights and responsibilities or lack the capability to seek redress when necessary, thus, the need for the sensitisation and popularisation of the availability and pertinence of the provisions of access to justice as it pertains to human rights, gender-based violence, and the national HIV & AIDS response.”
Mr Aliyu said NACA, in partnership with Global Fund, an international financing organisation, will carry a comprehensive three-month sensitisation programme, with a dedicated focus on tackling the prevailing gender and human rights challenges that significantly affect individuals living with or affected by HIV.
He said the innovative programme slated for October-December, underscores the government’s unwavering commitment to championing and safeguarding the rights and well-being of all people living with HIV while striving to create a more inclusive and equitable society.
