Gwamnatin tarayyar Nijeriya, tare da hadin gwiwa da masu ruwa da tsaki, ta gudanar da tarurruka na shaida a Abuja don girmama wa yan uwansa da suka rasu saboda cutar HIV/AIDS.
Taron, wanda aka gudanar a ranar Litinin, ya mayar da hankali kan wayar da kan jama’a game da hana cutar HIV daga uwa zuwa yaro (PMTCT) da kuma karfafa himmar jama’a don kawo karshen cutar AIDS.
Temitope Ilori, darakta janar na Hukumar Kula da Cutar AIDS ta Kasa (NACA), ta bayyana bukatar tabbatar da al’umma marar cutar HIV nan da shekarar 2030.
“Mun yi burin tabbatar da al’umma marar cutar HIV, wanda zai baiwa mu damar kawo karshen cutar HIV a matsayin annoba nan da shekarar 2030.
“Mun tara don karrama wa yan uwansa da suka rasu a yakin da ake yi da cutar HIV.
“A ranar da ta gabata, an kiyasta cewa kimanin yara 15,000 sun rasu saboda cutar AIDS a shekarar 2023. Wannan kididdigar ta yi matukar damuwa ga kasarmu.
“Tare, mun iya juyar da wannan yanayi da canza labarin,” in ji ta.
Ms Ilori ta kuma nuna himmar gwamnatin nan don kawo karshen annobar cutar HIV/AIDS, inda ta yi jayayya da karin tallafin gida da raba albarkatu don yaki da cutar.
Abdulkadir Ibrahim na Network of People Living with HIV in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) ya yabawa mutane da kungiyoyi da ke aiki don kawo karshen annobar.
Ya kuma yi kira da canje-canje a cikin manufofin, tallafin, ayyuka na gudanarwa, da kuma ayyuka da ke kaiwa ga kawo karshen cutar HIV a tsakanin yara nan da shekarar 2030.
Mr Ibrahim ya nuna bukatar ayyuka na gudanarwa na dogon lokaci, karfin jama’a, da kuma ayyuka da ke kaiwa, gami da ayyuka na PMTCT na mata masu juna biyu da cutar HIV.
Esther Hindi na Association of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (ASHWAN) ta yi alkawarin yada wayar da kan jama’a game da PMTCT.
Sauran masu ruwa da tsaki, ciki har da Ms Funmi Adesanya na PEPFAR da Dr Leo Zekeng na UNAIDS, sun yi alkawarin kawo karshen cutar AIDS a Nijeriya.
