The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Uche Agu, told journalists in Enugu on Friday that the figure represented about 30 per cent of the people within the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of state.
“So, we are covering just 30 per cent of the people, just like the national level now have 30 per cent coverage.’’ He said.
Dr. Agu, also stated that the agency has 22 major centres where the engagement was taking place in health facilities across the state.
According to him, the HIV/AIDS prevalence in the state stood at 4.9 per cent of the entire population of the state and the agency had adopted the Test and Treat Modal (TTM) strategy to sustain the fight against HIV/AIDS in the state.
owever, Agu noted that funding had been a serious challenge affecting the agency especially sustaining the medicare for those engaged already.
“Another is the willingness of people coming forward to access the free counselling and treatment services,’’ he said.
