THE SOUTH REGION WITH A TOTAL NUMBER OF 37000 HIV+ CASES IS THE HIGHEST IN CAMEROON

With the operation "test and treat", the ministry of public health recommends everyone to get tested and know his or her HIV status, and positive cases immediately placed on treatment. This is to reduce the number of deaths, reduce rate of transmission, and hence, a hope for an HIV free generation. A lot of people do not know their status, and more people who know they are HIV positive refuse to take anti-retrovirals. This is bad because without these antiretrovirals, the disease gradually progresses from just the HIV stage to the AIDS stage.

Despite the many AIDS awareness campaigns organized in the Southern region, the prevalence rate is still high. According to a survey carried out by Spectrum, 37,000 people live with the AIDS in this part of the country, one reads in La Nouvelle Expression of Tuesday, August 22, 2017. A figure that ranks this region first on the national level.

According to the newspaper, only 10,000 of these infected people are on treatment. A quick analysis shows that 27,000 people continue to conceal or share the disease. Or they simply do not know about their HIV status or simply refuse to take care of them.

To this end, during the launch of Operation “Holidays without AIDS” on 16 August in Ebolowa in the Southern Region, the Secretary General who presided over the ceremony effectively observed that “this is the region most affected. Our sexual behaviors must be revised and everyone must be responsible to be able to bar the way to the propensity of this disease, “urged Alexander Kutnyem Le Grand.

By returning to the theme chosen for this edition, namely “Android generation, let’s click on HIV AIDS“, the head of the technical group of the Fight against AIDS in the South stressed that “being connected is good, but spending hours in social networks can have something positive. This is possible if our clicks lead us to search for information about our health, our well being and the protection of our community, “says Stéphanie Abo’o.

Through these remarks, people are invited to realize that health remains essential for all, especially for young people, who are increasingly exposed to the ravages of AIDS.