Jihar Kogi ta tabbatar da cewa akwai makamashi 50,000 da ke rayuwa da cutar HIV/AIDS a cikin jihar. Wannan bayani ya zo ne daga hukumar Kogi State Agency for the Control of AIDS (KOSACA), wadda ta bayyana cewa a yanzu haka, mutane 36,066 ke kan layin ganinwa na cutar a jihar.
An bayyana cewa gwamnatin jihar tana yiwa kokari na yaki da cutar ta HIV/AIDS, kuma tana gudanar da kamfen na wayar da kan jama’a a kowane wuri na jihar. Hukumar KOSACA ta ce an samu ci gaba mai mahimmanci a fannin ganinwa da ilimin cutar, wanda ya sa mutane da yawa su san matsayinsu na HIV.
KOSACA ta kuma nuna cewa, kashi 95% na mutanen da ke rayuwa da HIV a jihar sun san matsayinsu, kashi 95% daga cikin wadanda suka san matsayinsu suna kan layin ganinwa, sannan kashi 95% daga cikin wadanda suka shiga ganinwa suna da viral load suppression.
An kuma bayyana cewa, hukumar ta ci gaba da ayyukan wayar da kan jama’a da kuma samar da kayan aikin ganinwa a kowane wuri na jihar, domin kawar da cutar ta HIV/AIDS.
