Number of VCT beneficiaries growing in Harari
ADDIS ABABA - The number of people getting HIV/AIDS Voluntary Testing and Counseling (VCT) service has been drastically increasing in Harari State, State Health Bureau said.
Bureau head Dr. Berena Abdush told ENA Saturday that the bureau had set plans to provide VCT service for 6,400 people during the current budget year.
However, he said the bureau provided VCT service for more than 6,500 people during the first half of the budget year.
The bureau scored better achievements owing to the consecutive consultations made with residents of the state at various levels, he said.
The Millennium anti-HIV/AIDS Campaign conducted in the state has significantly contributed for the better performance registered in the provision of VCT, Dr. Berena said, and added that efforts are being exerted to register better results during the second half of the budget year.
More than 1,000 people, who were found to be HIV positive during the reported period, have been getting free anti-retroviral therapy, Dr. Berena added.
Some 5,000 residents in Maichew town of Tigray State have also undergone Voluntary HIV/AIDS blood test and counseling (VCT) services during the last six months, the town health office said.
Office communicable diseases prevention and control section head, Messay Abebe said the number of people to undergo voluntary HIV/AIDS blood screening and counseling has increased.
The head made the remark while closing a three-day workshop organized by the Tigray Women’s Association for over 300 civil servants deployed in the region.
The rise in the number of VCT service beneficiaries indicates that there is positive behavioural change toward the prevention and control of the pandemic.
Some 174 persons living with the virus have already started receiving antiretroviral drugs, he added.
(ENA)
Bureau head Dr. Berena Abdush told ENA Saturday that the bureau had set plans to provide VCT service for 6,400 people during the current budget year.
However, he said the bureau provided VCT service for more than 6,500 people during the first half of the budget year.
The bureau scored better achievements owing to the consecutive consultations made with residents of the state at various levels, he said.
The Millennium anti-HIV/AIDS Campaign conducted in the state has significantly contributed for the better performance registered in the provision of VCT, Dr. Berena said, and added that efforts are being exerted to register better results during the second half of the budget year.
More than 1,000 people, who were found to be HIV positive during the reported period, have been getting free anti-retroviral therapy, Dr. Berena added.
Some 5,000 residents in Maichew town of Tigray State have also undergone Voluntary HIV/AIDS blood test and counseling (VCT) services during the last six months, the town health office said.
Office communicable diseases prevention and control section head, Messay Abebe said the number of people to undergo voluntary HIV/AIDS blood screening and counseling has increased.
The head made the remark while closing a three-day workshop organized by the Tigray Women’s Association for over 300 civil servants deployed in the region.
The rise in the number of VCT service beneficiaries indicates that there is positive behavioural change toward the prevention and control of the pandemic.
Some 174 persons living with the virus have already started receiving antiretroviral drugs, he added.
(ENA)
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