By Ndimbe
Usmanu in Bamenda Photo Credits: CBCHS
The CameroonBaptist Convention Health Services CBCHS has made public an ambitious plan to identify
and place under treatment 30 000 new cases of HIV infected persons in the NW region.
The
plan was made public Thursday October 24, at the launching of the Country
Operational Plan COP19 in Bamenda.
"If we
all put our hands on deck, we will be able to identify 30,000 HIV new cases and
place them under treatment in order to reach the epidemic control". The
CBCHS Director Professor Tih Pius Muhfi stated.
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| CBCHS Director Professor Tih Pius Muhfi talking to the Press |
The launching
event revealed that an estimated total of 101000 people in the Northwest Region
of Cameroon are living with HIV.
The most
nervous pain in the high prevalence is that only 34000 out of the identified
persons have been placed under treatment.
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| CBCHS Director Professor Tih Pius Muhfi presenting the project to event attendees |
The conflict
rocking the NW and SW Regions of Cameroon is said to be the major challenge to
the low performance.
However, the
CBCHS and her partners are not ready to back out from the fight against the
pandemic anytime soon.
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| Dr Kingsley Che Soh the NW Regional Delegate for Public Health speaks to the press |
Dr Kingsley
Che Soh the NW Regional Delegate for Public Health lauded the support from CBCHealth Services. “This time around in addition to the technical support they
have been giving, CBC Health services is going to support us with trained and
experienced staff in the domain of HIV control and management ".
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| Health workers at the launch |
The over 200
health workers in attendance brought from different health facilities in the
entire NW region left ready to hit the target.