DATE: 25TH, NOVEMBER, 2011
Networking Positive Women for Development (NETWOMEN PLUS) a non-governmental organization, has held a sensitization programme today to discuss issues relating to HIV/ AIDS. The educative programme which is organized every third Friday in the month, saw a lot of people patronizing with majority of them being HIV infected and affected ones. The programme is held to give hope to the already infected individuals and to sensitize the general public about the need to prevent HIV/AIDS and it related stigmatization. The HIV/AIDS Virus according to statistics continue to spread daily as most individuals are unaware of their status. Knowing your status can help every individual to avoid spreading the virus, if he/she is infected. It is against this background, that NETWOMENPLUS targets orphaned vulnerable HIV/AIDS Infected children, infected and affected individuals. The organization assist these infected people to go through counseling for them to be able to understand and live with the virus as most individuals when diagnosed with the HIV virus, become vulnerable to any negative advice. HIV infection in humans is considered pandemic by the World Health Organization. Nonetheless, complacency about the Virus may play a key role in HIV risk.
From its discovery in 1981 to 2006, the HIV Virus which develops into AIDS, has killed more than 25 million people and also infects about 0.6 % of the world wide population. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Richard Agbeyenga explained that the HIV/ AIDS disease is not as fearful as before as there are medicines now that any infected person can take to live much longer, adding that if someone should die of the disease then it is the decision of that person. He advised all not to shy away from knowing their status as it would go a long way to help them, saying that knowing your status would help you to know what to do to live longer.
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