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Ivan Zhakata
Herald Correspondent
The National Aids Council (NAC) is hosting the HIV research symposium to address the 95-95-95 HIV targets among children.
The 95-95-95 HIV targets are based on a declaration that calls on the United Nation’s member states to ensure that 95 percent of people living with HIV know their HIV status, 95 percent of people who know their status are receiving HIV treatment, and 95 percent of people on treatment are virally suppressed.
The symposium is being held in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Care, the University of Zimbabwe, the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research Zimbabwe (CeSHHAR) and the Biomedical Research and Training Institute.
It is running under the theme ‘Accelerating 95-95-95 HIV targets among children’.
Speaking on behalf of the NAC chief executive officer Dr Benard Madzima, monitoring and evaluation director, Dr Amon Mpofu said NAC makes use of evidence utilisation to make informed decisions at policy and programme levels.
“Ending AIDS by 2030 requires the use of evidence and strategic information to optimise the response and move away from one-size-fits-all interventions to equal and electrographic-specific interventions,” he said.
“We are fully aware that evidence and strategic information are part of our advantage, including in HIV and AIDS research priorities.
“I hope you have seen and are making use of the HIV, AIDS research database, the HIV, AIDS research support grants, and this platform to disseminate the findings. The National AIDS Council is collaborating with various stakeholders to make this happen,”
Dr Mpofu said the research symposium has become a sort after event in the region.
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