Wife of Benue State Governor, Dr Mrs Eunice Ortom, Inaugurates HIV Outreach Programme Across 8 Operational Zones In The State

As Dr Mrs Eunice Ortom,Wife of the Governor of Benue State inaugurates her HIV outreach programme across Eight operational zones in the state,her Press Coordinator, Shimataver Aondoakaa writes on how the journey began...

Durban,the largest city in South Africa is a province of KwaZulu-Natal...it ranks second among the most populous urban areas in South Africa after Johannesburg.
The city has 3.5million population with a land area of 2292 km2-1513km2.it has the largest number of millionaires per day!
That is the city that hosted the 2016 International Aids Conference where Dr Mrs Eunice Ortom was proclaimed the UNICEF Champion of Adolescents HIV Prevention in Benue State!
The International Aids Conference is the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV and policy makers.
The Aids 2016 Conference presented new scientific and offered many opportunities for structured dialogue on the major issues facing the global response to HIV!
Recall that the Governor's wife was a gender focal person in the Benue state Action Committee on Aids and was appointed as Chairman of the Board of SACA by her husband,Governor Samuel Ortom based on her past experience in the agency.
The participation of all stakeholders in that conference which included Dr Mrs Ortom sparked conversations within the conference, to build a more effective global HIV response and focussing the worlds attention on the greatest pandemic on the sand of time!
The conference was a time to assess where the fight against HIV is,evaluate scientific developments and lessons to chart a new way forward.
The gathering in Durban therefore brought the stakeholders together to discuss successes and challenges specific to each country and the current global endemic trend to share the best practices!
Upon her return to Nigeria... Benue state,Dr Mrs Ortom has set in motion,an outreach to share the lessons from that international conference sponsored by UNICEF for the benefit of people of Benue state through counselling and testing to know each individual status... Most particularly Women and Adolescents!
To this,i say bravo to a Progressive and proactive personality who ought to be celebrated for giving back to society knowledge she has gathered to save more lives that are on the verge of been consumed or lost to the cold hands of death.
To this end,Dr Mrs Ortom will on Monday,1st August commence an outreach across families in Eight operational zones of the state.
The outreaches will take her to Gboko where constituents from Sankera,Kwande,Jechira and Jemgbagh will converge on that renowned capital of the Tiv nation for the flag off the programme which is in line with the collective vision of her husband a administration during his tenure as Governor!
The visit will take the Governors wife to old Oju,old Okpokwu and old Otukpo as well as Minda.Makurdi!
It is the goal of the Governor's wife to complement her husband efforts in Health care delivery
It is hoped that all stakeholders in the zones will facilitate the smooth take off and success of this outreach programme for the benefit of their people and the overall success of the Governor Samuel Ortom administration.
Congrats in advance for the success of this laudable programme!