IMO GOVERNMENT RECORD SIGNIFICANT DROP IN HIV INFECTION RATE.

Imo Government says the state have recorded significant drop in the HIV infection rate, following sustained public campaign on the danger of the dreaded condition.

Commissioner for Inter-Governmental and Donor Agencies, ERNEST UWAIGBO, who disclosed this in Owerri, said the Government has set out rehabilitation centres, where infected persons can access drugs with ease and upgraded diagnoses on the virus.

UWAIGBO stated that the state was also partnering with an international donor agency, Global Fund, to rehabilitate those already infected with the virus.

The commissioner also directed members of the public to shun stigmatizing people with HIV, assuring them that infected persons could still life to the fullest.