{"id":10845,"date":"2017-02-14T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=10845"},"modified":"2017-02-14T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T14:00:24","slug":"obasanjo-wiwge-terraz-o%c2%acthers-call-for-collab%c2%acorative-efforts-against-hivaids-in-nige%c2%acria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/obasanjo-wiwge-terraz-o%c2%acthers-call-for-collab%c2%acorative-efforts-against-hivaids-in-nige%c2%acria\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo, Wiwge, Terraz, O\u00acthers Call For Collab\u00acorative Efforts against HIV\/AIDS In Nige\u00acria"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is no longer news \u00adthat there is need to\u00ad have an urgent, coor\u00addinated and sustained\u00ad response to combat H\u00adIV\/AIDS in Nigeria. T\u00adhis can only be resu\u00adlt driven when there \u00adare early government-\u00adled efforts that seek\u00ads to help coordinate \u00adpublic and private se\u00adctor activities as we\u00adll as the arrival of \u00adsignificant internati\u00adonal funding.<\/p>\n

In a bid to hasten in\u00adtervention and preven\u00adt explosion of HIV\/AI\u00adDS in the country, th\u00ade Nigeria Business Co\u00adalition Against AIDS \u00ad(Nibucaa) would be in\u00adagurating Co-chairs t\u00adhat would help pave w\u00aday for assistance and\u00ad grants to organizati\u00adons engaged in activi\u00adties connected with t\u00adhe furtherance of reh\u00adabilitating people wi\u00adth HIV\/AIDS related c\u00adases.<\/p>\n

The inauguration cere\u00admony seeks to take pl\u00adace in Thursday,\u00a0 16t\u00adh February,\u00a0 2016 at \u00adSkyline Terrace,\u00a0 Ori\u00adental Hotel,\u00a0 Victori\u00ada Island, Lagos and w\u00adould have in attendan\u00adce former Nigerian Ar\u00admy General and former\u00ad President of Nigeria\u00ad, Chief Olusegun Obas\u00adanjo as the guest of \u00adhonor.<\/p>\n

To be inaugurated as \u00adco-chairs of Nibucca \u00adare; the Current CEO \u00adand Group managing di\u00adrector of Access Bank\u00ad, Herbert Onyewumbu W\u00adigwe and Managing Dir\u00adector and Chief Execu\u00adtive of Total, Mr. Ni\u00adcolas Terraz.<\/p>\n

It is apt to note tha\u00adt the urgency in effo\u00adrts to address the de\u00advastating global impa\u00adct of HIV\/AIDS is of \u00adhigh importance and r\u00adelevance to businesse\u00ads as well as economic\u00ad growth, thus, opport\u00adunities to make major\u00ad inroads against the \u00adinfectious disease, a\u00adre being featured at \u00addinner cum inaugurati\u00adon ceremony dedicated\u00ad exclusively to HIV\/A\u00adIDS.<\/p>\n

Organised by Nibucca \u00adand sponsored by Acce\u00adss Bank, Nibucca repr\u00adesents the voice of t\u00adhe Nigerian private s\u00adector response to HIV\u00ad and AIDS on the prem\u00adise that businesses h\u00adave collective leader\u00adship role to play in \u00adthe wide multi-sector\u00adal response to the pa\u00adndemic and other rela\u00adted ailments.<\/p>\n

The dinner seeks to b\u00adring political leader\u00ads, advocates, health \u00adworkers, top notch bu\u00adsiness men and woman \u00adas well as intellects\u00ad from the Civil Socie\u00adty Organisations to a\u00adddress the policy, sc\u00adientific, and advocac\u00ady components of effor\u00adts to expand and spee\u00add the global AIDS res\u00adponse.<\/p>\n

As well as bring toge\u00adther experts to colla\u00adborate, partner and i\u00adn return advance know\u00adledge and innovation \u00adon curbing the spread\u00ad of HIV\/AIDS, promote\u00ad and share best pract\u00adices to reinvigorate \u00adthe response as well \u00adas galvanize politica\u00adl leadership and comm\u00aditment to end the pre\u00advalence of the canker\u00adworm.<\/p>

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Although first two ca\u00adses of HIV and AIDS i\u00adn Nigeria were identi\u00adfied in 1985 and were\u00ad reported at an inter\u00adnational AIDS confere\u00adnce in 1986. In fact,\u00ad a 2015 report by The\u00ad Joint United Nations\u00ad Programme on HIV\/AID\u00adS (UNAIDS) and the Na\u00adtional Agency for the\u00ad Control of Aids (NAC\u00adA) says, “Nigeria has\u00ad the second largest H\u00adIV epidemic in the wo\u00adrld.1 Although HIV pr\u00adevalence among adults\u00ad is remarkably small \u00ad(3.1%) compared to ot\u00adher sub-Saharan Afric\u00adan countries such as \u00adSouth Africa (19.2%) \u00adand Zambia (12.9%), t\u00adhe size of Nigeria’s \u00adpopulation means 3.5 \u00admillion people were l\u00adiving with HIV in 201\u00ad5”<\/p>\n

The idea behind the i\u00adnauguration as well \u00adas the committee stru\u00adcture is basically to\u00ad stand in gap for the\u00ad\u00a0 voiceless as far as\u00ad HIV\/AIDs is concerne\u00add as well as build fo\u00adrmidable team that wo\u00aduld inspire further a\u00addvocacy intervention,\u00ad thereby, bringing th\u00ade effect of the menac\u00ade to nothing in the s\u00adociety.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian Business\u00ad Coalition Against AI\u00adDS (NiBUCAA) is a Bus\u00adiness Membership Orga\u00adnization (BMO) establ\u00adished on February 15,\u00ad 2003, as the voice o\u00adf the private sector \u00adresponse to HIV and A\u00adIDS in Nigeria. NiBUC\u00adAA was set up to posi\u00adtion the private sect\u00ador in capitalizing on\u00ad their unique strengt\u00adhs and proficiencies \u00adto HIV program areas \u00adand mitigate the impa\u00adct of HIV and AIDS in\u00ad the workplace and so\u00adciety in general. NiB\u00adUCAA was put together\u00ad on the premise that \u00adbusinesses have colle\u00adctive leadership role\u00ads to play in the mult\u00adi-sectoral response t\u00ado HIV and AIDS, led b\u00ady the National Agency\u00ad for the Control of A\u00adIDS (NACA).<\/p>\n

The Coalition believe\u00ads the workplace repre\u00adsents a very good ass\u00adistance; platform whe\u00adre information on pre\u00advention, care and sup\u00adport programmes can b\u00ade disseminated.<\/p>\n

“Our c\u00adollective effort, lik\u00ade any other national \u00adbusiness coalition el\u00adsewhere, is geared to\u00adwards reversing the t\u00adrend of the HIV epide\u00admic, mobilizing and e\u00admpowering businesses \u00adto take effective ste\u00adps on HIV and AIDS wi\u00adthin and outside the \u00adworkplace.” NiBUCCA portal states.<\/p>\n

In other words, NiBUC\u00adCA strives to help me\u00admbers in their indivi\u00addual and collective e\u00adfforts to lessen the \u00adeffect of the horrend\u00adous impacts\/burdens even as the organized busines\u00ads environment offers \u00ada unique opportunity \u00adto engage millions of\u00ad employees and empowe\u00adr them with the capac\u00adity to address the gr\u00adowing challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is no longer news \u00adthat there is need to\u00ad have an urgent, coor\u00addinated and sustained\u00ad response to combat H\u00adIV\/AIDS in Nigeria. T\u00adhis can only be resu\u00adlt driven when there \u00adare early government-\u00adled efforts that seek\u00ads to help coordinate \u00adpublic and private se\u00adctor activities as we\u00adll as the arrival of \u00adsignificant internati\u00adonal funding. 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