Nigeria has declared war against HIV/AIDS

Gombe state in northeastern Nigeria is one of the hardest hit by the disease. In this context, the Nigerian Youth Service Corp, formed in 1973, and who require all higher education graduates throughout Nigeria to commit to one year of community service upon completion of their courses have been focused since 2003 in partnership with UNICEF on combating HIV and Aids. Corps members volunteer for the HIV/AIDS programme, received undergo 6 days of intensive training in prevention, care and support. They have been hard at work throughout Gombe, but it is in classrooms that their impact is the greatest.

We teach them what HIV and Aids means, then we teach them how this virus is transmitted and we also teach them how to avoid getting infected. We also teach life skills and promote abstinence as the best way to avoid infection. As a result there have been no recorded schoolgirl pregnancies in Gombe state this year Ngozi Nkiruka NYSCs member.

Each year some 200 volunteer corps members become Peer Education Trainers, each given the mandate to train at least 40 other young people to become trainers themselves. In this way, 8000 new trainers annually are ready to reach out statewide. said BRIGADIER GENERAL YUSUF BOMOI, Director General of NYSC . UNICEF is helping make sure the campaign does succeed by providing crucial support designing the project, developing training materials and expanding capacity whilst assuring quality through monitoring and evaluation

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• nigeria
• gombe
• hiv
• aids
• unicef

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