CPHI-Nigeria commemorates 2020 world Aids day
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By Bassey Ekaette
To commemorate 2020 World AIDs Day, the Centre for Population Health Initiatives-Nigeria (CPHI-Nigeria) located in Lagos and Rivers states, held a week-long activity to provide services to the Nigerian vulnerable and marginalized populations.
Below are the activities planned for the commemoration:
Cervical cancer screening.
Hepatitis B vaccination.
World AIDs Day commemoration
The world AIDS day commemoration was held on Dec 1st, 2020, with Participants across Nigeria, who visited the center to learn, received medical services, played beneficial health games, and won prizes.
This activity was held to commemorate lives lost to HIV and the progress made in controlling the epidemic. Dr. Nonso Madueke, the center’s medical officer, highlighted the focus of the year’s World AIDs Day theme, “Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Resilience and Impact,” which focused on creating global solidarity among people who l