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520 pregnant Zamfara women on HIV drugs

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, is also chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF)

Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State, is also chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF)

No fewer than 520 pregnant women living with HIV are receiving antiretroviral drugs in Zamfara.

Dr. Med Maumbi, the Project Director of Management Sciences for Health, the implementation project partner in the state, disclosed this on Sunday in Gusau.

Maumbi said that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Prevention Organizational System, AIDS Control and Treatment (PRO-ACT) HIV and AIDS and Tuberculosis Control programme in the state.

The USAID, she said had funded the programme since 2013 in six out of the 14 local government areas of the state where significant achievements were recorded.

She added that this was particularly in relation to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Maumbi said that 4,436 people were enrolled in the programme after testing positive in 2013 and that the programme had managed their treatment over the period.

At the commencement of the programme, she said, 94,141 pregnant women presented themselves for HIV test out of which the 520 were found to be positive.

She noted with satisfaction that the programme which also trained 26 health personnel to provide care services in 19 health facilities had recorded tremendous success.

Maumbi said this especially in awareness creation and enlightenment over HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis control and treatment.

The six local government areas covered by the programme in the state are Gusau, Shinkafi, Kaura-Namoda, Tsafe, Maradun and Zurmi.

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