HealthNews77 Persons Tested Positive In Taraba State

The Taraba AIDS Control Agency (TACA) has embarked on mass testing for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, in the state.

The Director-General of the agency, Dr. Garba Danjuma while speaking at a weekly review meeting held in Jalingo, the state capital,  said 2,156 persons tested across the 16 LGAs of the state last week with 77 persons positive.

He revealed that the state has 36,396 persons who are currently victims of HIV and are also receiving treatment, noting that the viruses are the key setback to the elimination of HIV worldwide.

Danjuma revealed that 20,200 of the victims that are currently receiving treatment are virally suppressed, while the results of 77 out of the 2,150 persons tested last week turned positive.

He, however, assured that the agency in synergy with development partners would continue to create awareness for the public to reduce new infections across the state.

TACA Media Advocacy Team reports that the agency targets 2030 to ensure zero new infections of HIV in the state.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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