The South West Regional Technical Group For The Fight Against HIV/AIDS,
has deployed 50 peer educators to create HIV/AIDS awareness in Buea,
Limbe, Tiko, Mutengene and Ekona.
During the ceremony of the South West Regional Launching of the AIDS-Free Holidays 2012 at the Cameroon Cultural Center in Buea, the youth sensitisation peer group was given the baton of HIV/AIDS awareness creation. Sending out the crack team, Mr. Tata Julius, Social and Cultural Affairs Adviser at the Governor's Office, told the educators to lobby the youth to spread the message and not the virus.
This year's AIDS-Free Holidays campaign, which is in its 10th edition, is place under the patronage of Mrs. Chantal Biya, First Lady of Cameroon, and sponsored by the National AIDS Control Committee in collaboration with its partners. It is observed under the theme:" Knowing my HIV status is a necessity for my health".
Speaking during the launching, Dr. Pascal Nji Atanga, South West Regional Coordinator For The Fight Against HIV/AIDS, called on youth in particular to avoid inter-generational sex and endeavour to know their status as free HIV screening exercise will be carried out by mobile vans. Dr. Atanga, noted that in 2011, the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the South West Region stood at 5.7%, with a regional rate of 7.9% for females and 3.3% for males on the national scale. "From statistics, more females are vulnerable", Dr. Atanga stressed.
Against this backdrop, the coordinator for the fight against HIV/AIDS, urged particularly female youth to take the HIV/AIDS struggle more seriously, ensure fidelity, promote proper use of condoms, know their HIV status and above all, practice abstinence.
Much earlier, the Regional Delegate for Youth Affairs and Civic Education for the South West, Mr. Ajarp Asaha Forbin, challenged the churned out educators to rigorously target spots where sex is easily negotiated such as inter-quarter competitions, youth camps, night clubs, and so on. He equally reminded parents to guide their children ( youth) especially during this holidays.
In line with the HIV/AIDS campaign, students of Inter-Comprehensive High School Great Soppo kick-off the sensitisation effort by a sketch and poem presentation.
Statistics hold that, during the AIDS-Free Holidays 2011 in the South West, 715 people were tested and 25 recorded positive. The peer educators will be faced with the task of sensitisation, counseling and condom (both female and male) distribution while free HIV screening will be carried out by mobile vans.
The AIDS-Free Holiday 2012 campaign, which is expected to end on August 10, will be extended to other places within the South West Region, The DETECTIVE was told.
During the ceremony of the South West Regional Launching of the AIDS-Free Holidays 2012 at the Cameroon Cultural Center in Buea, the youth sensitisation peer group was given the baton of HIV/AIDS awareness creation. Sending out the crack team, Mr. Tata Julius, Social and Cultural Affairs Adviser at the Governor's Office, told the educators to lobby the youth to spread the message and not the virus.
This year's AIDS-Free Holidays campaign, which is in its 10th edition, is place under the patronage of Mrs. Chantal Biya, First Lady of Cameroon, and sponsored by the National AIDS Control Committee in collaboration with its partners. It is observed under the theme:" Knowing my HIV status is a necessity for my health".
Speaking during the launching, Dr. Pascal Nji Atanga, South West Regional Coordinator For The Fight Against HIV/AIDS, called on youth in particular to avoid inter-generational sex and endeavour to know their status as free HIV screening exercise will be carried out by mobile vans. Dr. Atanga, noted that in 2011, the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the South West Region stood at 5.7%, with a regional rate of 7.9% for females and 3.3% for males on the national scale. "From statistics, more females are vulnerable", Dr. Atanga stressed.
Against this backdrop, the coordinator for the fight against HIV/AIDS, urged particularly female youth to take the HIV/AIDS struggle more seriously, ensure fidelity, promote proper use of condoms, know their HIV status and above all, practice abstinence.
Much earlier, the Regional Delegate for Youth Affairs and Civic Education for the South West, Mr. Ajarp Asaha Forbin, challenged the churned out educators to rigorously target spots where sex is easily negotiated such as inter-quarter competitions, youth camps, night clubs, and so on. He equally reminded parents to guide their children ( youth) especially during this holidays.
In line with the HIV/AIDS campaign, students of Inter-Comprehensive High School Great Soppo kick-off the sensitisation effort by a sketch and poem presentation.
Statistics hold that, during the AIDS-Free Holidays 2011 in the South West, 715 people were tested and 25 recorded positive. The peer educators will be faced with the task of sensitisation, counseling and condom (both female and male) distribution while free HIV screening will be carried out by mobile vans.
The AIDS-Free Holiday 2012 campaign, which is expected to end on August 10, will be extended to other places within the South West Region, The DETECTIVE was told.
By AMINDEH BLAISE ATABONG
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