Friday, September 14, 2007

Africa: NACA Tasks African Countries On HIV/Aids

The Director General, National Actionon Control of Aids (NACA), Prof Babatunde Osotimehin, has called on African countries to share information on HIV and Aids.

He made the call yesterday in Abuja at the on-going Havard PEPFARTri-country conference on HIV and Aids. He said that sharing knowledge and research materials on HIV and Aids would enable Africans combat the disease.


The PEPFAR initiative is the brainchild of United States President George Bush and it is geared towards the treatment of HIV and Aids.Osotimehin said that the PEPFARinitiative had assisted Nigeria in its efforts at combating the virus.
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