W. Equatoria celebrates World Aids Day
December 2, 2008 (YAMBIO) – The Western Equatoria State (WES) citizens celebrated a colorful international World Aids Day in the capital of the state last Monday. Also a hospice in WES once commemorated World AIDS Day by hosting a memorial to mourn those who had lost their lives to HIV/AIDS.
After the introduction of life-saving antiretroviral treatment, this hospice chose instead to mark World AIDS Day with a celebration of life, because the people who were once dying in their care are now living and thriving members of society.
The number of people accessing voluntary counseling and HIV testing services in WES has quadrupled in the last five years, thanks to efforts supported by ACROSS and AIDS Commission. However, fewer clients visiting these centers in 2007 and 2008 were first time testers and officials estimate only about half of the adult WES population has ever been tested. While this number is actually progressive, especially in regional comparisons, the need to increase access to counseling and testing remains a focus of the AIDS Commission plan.
During the occasion, WES Governor, H.E Jemma Nunu Kumba said that, “HIV/AIDS has claimed many lives of WES citizens due to lack of awareness and counseling centers,” she added that, “WES has more VCT centers now in the seven counties of Nzara, Tambura, Yambio, Ibba, Maridi, Mundri and Mvolo and efforts are under to set up same centers in the others counties.”
However, Jemma pointed out that, “The state government is also committed in delivering good services to the people living positively with HIV/AIDS.”
She warned the youths, the married and the unmarried to stay faithful and protect themselves from the deadly disease.
She reiterated that, “For the community to succeed in development, WES need to be healthy, provide food security, community empowerment because HIV/AIDS is manageable disease, it can be defeated behavior and attitude changes.”
WES government is set to talk with WFP to help supply food items to HIV/AIDS patients.
Jemma went on to say that, “all the stakeholders involved in HIV/AIDS must lead in the front not from the rare and this is the way.”
She stressed that, “Citizens must deliver quality services to all without prejudice, description and stigmatization.
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king
W. Equatoria celebrates World Aids Day
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The more you guys talk about them the more powers you surrender to them like its happened in Yei sometimes back and likely full occupation of all equatorians state in nearer future and don’t be surprised when its late since Kakoras like you are known of words than actions and this is the reason why Dinkas are better off than you and they are meant to rule you for the rest of your life whether going back to war or peaceful ways guarantee them as your masters even if Gen Kiir goes like today another Kiir or Garang shall surface and you have to be very confidence that south is for Dinkas and theirs cousins and we are ready to push you to northern part of your choice whether uganda or sudan and we shall be happy without any remains of stupidity and bad omen(collobrators) and your foreign masters(arabs) knows who are masters of south,only big pig like you shall always repeats its stupidity by licking its waste claiming what Dinkas and their cousins did 21 years ago to be yours or is it because of Juba?,we are not only interested in juba alone but entire equatorians region and my oath is full occupation before i died.Think twice before you talk,first imagine why we are in your state,simply a nersary kid can tells and we shall amend new laws that shall protects our interests and our land in your state as you claimed it.celebrates world Aids day and i encourage the ways people should be alerts about it.
king
W. Equatoria celebrates World Aids Day
Hi LOO-GENE(logic),wake up man otherwise KONY is on his way to your state other than putting your mouth on Master who are the engine of revolutionary liberation than you who talk of participation in fighting against DINKAS which i think was correct while they were concentrating to outweight the mighty strength of arabs.
The more you guys talk about them the more powers you surrender to them like its happened in Yei sometimes back and likely full occupation of all equatorians state in nearer future and don’t be surprised when its late since Kakoras like you are known of words than actions and this is the reason why Dinkas are better off than you and they are meant to rule you for the rest of your life whether going back to war or peaceful ways guarantee them as your masters even if Gen Kiir goes like today another Kiir or Garang shall surface and you have to be very confidence that south is for Dinkas and theirs cousins and we are ready to push you to northern part of your choice whether uganda or sudan and we shall be happy without any remains of stupidity and bad omen(collobrators) and your foreign masters(arabs) knows who are masters of south,only big pig like you shall always repeats its stupidity by licking its waste claiming what Dinkas and their cousins did 21 years ago to be yours or is it because of Juba?,we are not only interested in juba alone but entire equatorians region and my oath is full occupation before i died.Think twice before you talk,first imagine why we are in your state,simply a nersary kid can tells and we shall amend new laws that shall protects our interests and our land in your state as you claimed it.celebrates world Aids day and i encourage the ways people should be alerts about it.