Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat, FCT Administration, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, ta bayyana cewa akalla mutane 61,000 na cutar HIV/AIDS a yankin babban birnin tarayya (FCT) an sanya su a kan jinya.
Fasawe ta bayar da wannan bayani a ranar Litinin, a wajen taron manema labarai da aka shirya don karramawa ranar duniya da ake yi wa cutar HIV/AIDS a shekarar 2024 a Abuja.
Ta kuma bayyana cewa babban birnin tarayya (FCT) da yawan jama’a kimanin milioni 6.95, tana da kashi 1.4 na yawan mutanen da ke da cutar HIV, wanda yake kasa da kashi 1.3 na matsakaicin ƙasa.
Daga cikin mutanen 61,384 da aka sanya a kan jinya, 1,048 daga cikinsu ‘yan yara ne, wanda ya wakilci kashi 3.8.
Fasawe ta ce FCTA a yanzu tana faɗaɗa da ƙarfin sabis na HIV a yankin. “Aikin aikin kiwon lafiya ya yankin an ƙarfin shi ta hanyar hanyar sadarwa mai kammala na 122 na wuraren bayar da sabis, wanda ke bayar da antiretrovirals a duk majalisun zonai shida na FCT.”
“Kuma, akwai wuraren sadarwa 285 na al’ada da wuraren sadarwa 37 mara kai, wanda ke bayar da sabis na gida-gida da yawa don tabbatar da sabis suna kaiwa al’ummar da ke nesa.”
“Tsarin FCT na gida-gida ya tabbatar da cewa babu wanda aka barshi, tana baiwa al’umma damar samun sabis na inganci da goyon baya a kusa da gida,” in ji ta.
Fasawe ta kuma bayyana cewa don yin magani kan cutar HIV a ‘yan yara, FCT ta aiwatar da hanyoyin daban-daban, kamar uwa-uwai masu zama na uwa-uwai wadanda ke zama na uwa-uwai don tallafawa mata juna wajen hanyoyin jinya.
“FCT kuma ta horar da ma’aikatan mara kai, kamar masu kula da haihuwa na al’ada game da mahimmancin haihuwa a asibiti, prophylaxis, da kuma ganewar da yara a cikin sa’a 72 na rayuwarsu,” in ji ta.