The Ogun State Agency for the Control of AIDS (OSACA) will in conjunction with the National and International partners be conducting the AIDS Survey in the state after a similsr survey ended in neighbouring Lagos state.
The survey is aimed at providing a database on the prevalence of AIDS and lighten up the burden of the disease on individuals and communities in the State. The survey will be private household study which includes children.
Healthcare workers and officers of the state ministry of health and OSACA would be visiting participants to collect blood samples to test for HIV/AIDS in various communities.
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Members of the community and the traditional leaders have been urged to encourage every households and individuals to cooperate and participate during the survey and collection of blood samples in communities.
Members of the community and the traditional leaders have been urged to encourage every households and individuals to cooperate and participate during the survey and collection of blood samples in communities.
Doing so will establish their knowledge about HIV and provide them with the opportunity to know their status, so that appropriate measures can be taken to take good care of them and their families.
The police will be doing their best in fighting crimes and criminal activities in the various communities in the State, but the residents have been enjoined to help the law enforcement agents to tackle and fight hoodlums so as to have a safe society.



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