Nuba Mountains Health secretariat launches HIV/AIDS awareness.

Nuba Mountains, 26th May 2018. Nuba Mountains’ secretariat of health on Wednesday launched HIV/AIDS awareness in Heiban County.
The conference under the theme: “Together we can fight against HIV/AIDS in the Nuba Mountains” is supported by Nuba Relief and Rehabilitation Organization in partnership with the Mother of Mercy Hospital.
According to Voice of Peace Radio, county commissioners, religious leaders, chiefs, and health practitioners are participating in five-day conference.
Kukani Ibrahim, HIV/AIDS coordinator in the Mother of Mercy Hospitals says people are not aware of the spread of the virus in communities.
He says the aim of inviting leaders was to help them to have a concerted decision on how they will combat HIV/AIDS in communities.
The coordinator notes that more than 30 people have been diagnosed HIV/AIDS positive in less than five months.
He cautions that a sudden rise in the number of HIV patients unlike in the past.
Ibrahim also suspects that one of the major causes of HIV/AIDS was the culture of wife inheritance and gold mining places which is attracting a big number of people from various places.
35 participants are attending the conference.