The Director-General of Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Professor John Idoko, has said that the organization’s national call center for information access will be ready by March this year.
Speaking to journalists on Sunday in Abuja, Idoko said that the center would enable Nigerians to get adequate information on HIV and AIDS.
“The aim is to make it easier for Nigerians to access information on HIV and AIDS and the calls are going to be free.
“We have procured an E1 line that is capable of handling 30 simultaneous voice calls and two data lines.
“The center has the potential for 30 counselors to talk to 30 callers simultaneously,’’ he said.
Idoko added that NACA would collaborate with the government-owned Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) network to ensure the success of the project.
He explained that the partnership would enable Nigerians to have access to the necessary information, adding that callers who will opt for privacy will not be connected to the network.
He said that the agency was also collaborating with another network to ensure adequate publicity and success of the project, and therefore, urged all other networks to join in the initiative.
”Since we are looking forward to an integrated program, issues on reproductive health, TB (tuberculosis) and malaria are the things we would expand the scopes of the project to cover,’’ Idoko said.
Source African Press Agency
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i want to thank the director of NACA he is trying t fight this AIDS here in nigeria but please i want to ask ,hope this is going round our state in nigeria,because the saca in my state has not been workin any time we go for help or to come and training,we dont get.
i want to thank the director general of naca he is trying this fight here in Nigeria but how schools(higher institution) are not funded to run this fight e.g fct colege of education has wrote several times for free HIV test but no reply