The United States Centre for Disease Control has expressed its commitment to work with deserving communities by implementing partners and community-based organisations to provide services that will improve the well-being and longevity of people living with or affected by human immunodeficiency virus /AIDS in Nigeria .
He noted that the US CDC Orphans and Vulnerable Children Programme will deliver child-focused, family-centered interventions that seek to improve the overall well-being and mitigate the impact of HIV on children and families. Also speaking, USCDC Branch Chief of the Continuum of Care and Treatment, Dr Denis Onotu, observed that the OVC programme, which has been efficient and impactful, targets the most vulnerable beneficiaries including children and women.
Another beneficiary, Mrs Esther Terna, who thanked the USCDC for introducing the Village Savings and Loans Association, noted that apart from helping her to start another line of business, the association helped her to put her daughter back to school. Residents of Ughiole and Ubiane communities, in Etsako West Local Council of Edo State, yesterday, petitioned the House of Representatives over the lack of power supply to their areas for nine months.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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