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Mambasa: in 9 months, more than 30,000 positive cases of HIV-AIDS reported in the Niania health zone
05.12.2023
The prevalence rate of HIV-AIDS remains very high in the Niania health zone, located in the territory of Mambasa (Ituri) with an alarming figure of 31,991 cases notified during the first three quarters of 2023, i.e. from January to September.
This statistic was delivered by the head doctor of the Niania health zone, Friday, December 1, 2023, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, a disease which devastates many people around the world.
Confiding in buniaactualite.cd, Doctor Joseph Pemanakue Babundiaka, head doctor of the aforementioned zone, justifies this gloomy picture by several factors in particular, unprotected sexual relations with numerous partners, also the fact that the health zone is located at the crossroads of more than three provinces, the mining squares which are in the health zone where there is sexual delinquency.
“In the nine health areas in this zone, CECCA 16 health air is the most affected with 7,847 confirmed cases, followed by Juhudi with 6,106, Bafwambaya 5,273, Badengaido 4,847 people sick with HIV-AIDS, the air of health Bafwanekengele has 3,340, Afia also has 2,218, Bafwabango 2,013 while the least infected health area is Bafwakoa which has 32 HIV-AIDS patients,” he said.
In addition to positive cases of this virus, Doctor Joseph Pemanakue reports that 52 people have died from this global disease, 249 stopped taking antiretrovirals (ARVs) and 213 were lost to follow-up.
Given the seriousness of this disease, the resource person invites the population to be tested voluntarily, to use condoms correctly, abstinence for young single people and good fidelity for married people.
Esdras Kaghoma from Niania
Bunia news / MCP, via mediacongo.net
Mambasa: in 9 months, more than 30,000 positive cases of HIV-AIDS reported in the Niania health zone
05.12.2023
The prevalence rate of HIV-AIDS remains very high in the Niania health zone, located in the territory of Mambasa (Ituri) with an alarming figure of 31,991 cases notified during the first three quarters of 2023, i.e. from January to September.
This statistic was delivered by the head doctor of the Niania health zone, Friday, December 1, 2023, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, a disease which devastates many people around the world.
Confiding in buniaactualite.cd, Doctor Joseph Pemanakue Babundiaka, head doctor of the aforementioned zone, justifies this gloomy picture by several factors in particular, unprotected sexual relations with numerous partners, also the fact that the health zone is located at the crossroads of more than three provinces, the mining squares which are in the health zone where there is sexual delinquency.
“In the nine health areas in this zone, CECCA 16 health air is the most affected with 7,847 confirmed cases, followed by Juhudi with 6,106, Bafwambaya 5,273, Badengaido 4,847 people sick with HIV-AIDS, the air of health Bafwanekengele has 3,340, Afia also has 2,218, Bafwabango 2,013 while the least infected health area is Bafwakoa which has 32 HIV-AIDS patients,” he said.
In addition to positive cases of this virus, Doctor Joseph Pemanakue reports that 52 people have died from this global disease, 249 stopped taking antiretrovirals (ARVs) and 213 were lost to follow-up.
Given the seriousness of this disease, the resource person invites the population to be tested voluntarily, to use condoms correctly, abstinence for young single people and good fidelity for married people.
Esdras Kaghoma from Niania
Bunia news / MCP, via mediacongo.net
