IF Because the world seems ahead to Worldwide Condom Day (ICD), AHF Nigeria has urged Nigerians to make use of condoms to guard in opposition to the consequences of informal intercourse.
ICD, which is widely known on February 13, the eve of Valentine's Day, was based by the AIDS Healthcare Basis (AHF), a US-based non-profit group based in 1987 in response to the AIDS epidemic. The group celebrates the vacation by handing out free condoms. Each February 13, the ICD tries to remind the general public that condoms stop sexually transmitted infections (STDs) and undesirable pregnancies.
In a press release, Dr. Echey Ijezie, Director of the AHF Nigeria Nation Program mentioned yesterday: “Condoms are nonetheless the best choice that will help you and your accomplice preserve intimate instances safer and extra pleasurable.
“On this regard, AHF Nigeria will conduct a highway stroll from the AHF Nigeria Benue Program Workplace at 10, Jona Jang Crescent, Makurdi, to the Tito Gate space of town on February 13, a day forward of Valentine’s Day.”
Throughout the stroll, he added, public training on condoms could be performed to emphasise the necessity for correct and constant use of the product, whereas free condoms could be distributed to the individuals.
AHF additionally strategically targets the youth inhabitants with messages of abstinence, however for individuals who can’t abstain, the condom should be used persistently and accurately. Youth involvement is in partnership with the Nationwide Company for the Management of AIDS (NACA), the Nationwide AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STI Management Program (NASCP), the Lagos State AIDS Management Company (LSACA), the Nationwide Youth Community on HIV/AIDS Inhabitants and Growth (NYNETHA).
The involvement of the youth shall be over Twitter areas and a particular podcast produced with content material generated by youths in Abuja, Benue, Cross River and Nasarawa states.
“The emphasis on reaching each adults and youth with condom training stems from the necessity to create and broaden entry to correct data that helps safer sexual practices among the many inhabitants, serving to to stem the movement of recent infections,” mentioned Ijezie. .
In keeping with the World Well being Group (WHO), greater than 1,000,000 individuals worldwide contract an STD day-after-day and 117 million new HIV infections have been prevented by condom use since 1990.
The assertion reads: “Because of this the world, at ICD and past, should keep in mind that condoms are secure, attractive and important to ending HIV/AIDS.
“At ICD 2024, we urge everybody worldwide to keep in mind that condoms save lives and stay the best choice for stopping HIV, different STDs and unplanned pregnancies.”
