‘Be Faithful To Your Partner’

The Enugu State Action Committee on HIV/AIDS (ENSACA) has advised members of the Nsukka business community to be faithful to their partners to avoid contracting HIV.

ENSACA Private Sector Officer, Mrs Patricia Ugwu, gave the advice at a sensitisation seminar in Nsukka recently.

Ugwu said that the best way to avoid contracting HIV was for one to be faithful to his or her partner after undergoing HIV test.

“Remember HIV does not show on one’s face. About 92,000 people are already infected in Enugu State. If you cannot stick to one partner, ensure that you use condom when having sexual intercourse with another person,” she said.

Ugwu urged those who already had the virus to join one support group where they would be able to access HIV/AIDS drugs easily.

“If you are already positive, do not kill yourself as government has procured enough drugs to carter for those living with the virus.

“Through medical attention and counselling, infected mothers will be able to deliver babies that are negative

“Do not stigmatise anybody living with the virus as that is offence punishable by government,” she said.

The officer advised the public to avoid sharing sharp objects such as razor, clipper, and injection needle.

“It is better to prevent contracting HIV than managing it.

“Do not share any sharp object with anybody,” she said.

Earlier in a remark, the chairman of Nsukka business community, Mr Augustine Okeagu, thanked the ENSACA team for deeming it necessary to educate and enlighten the group.

“I commend Gov Sullivan Chime for the love he has for Nsukka allied business community, the executives will ensure that members put into practice all they have learned today. I assure government that allied members will continue to be law-abiding.

He urged other agencies of government to emulate ENSACA.

The Tide reports that the highlight of the seminar was free HIV test to interested members of the allied by ENSACA team,