Online Reporter
Raymond Jaravaza, Zimpapers Reporters
STAKEHOLDERS have converged at a local hotel on Tuesday for a National Aids Council (NAC), Matabeleland North meeting to assess and review the province’s programmes in tackling HIV/AIDS.
The stakeholders include non-governmental organisations (NGO), NAC officials, Government agencies and officials from the Ministry of Health and Child Care.
It has been revealed during the meeting that NAC has extended its HIV/Aids mitigation programming to training institutions in Matabeleland North Province, where it is targeting combating the spread of the deadly virus among the youth as part of measures to ensure Zimbabwe is free from the pandemic by 2030.
The agency has also successfully implemented programmes that include condom programming, youth programmes for young people in school/out of school, and those in tertiary institutions, all aimed at spreading knowledge on HIV/Aids.
NAC has said that challenges faced include a lack of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) consumables, a lack of a vehicle stationed at Nkayi and Bubi Districts, long distances to clinics, poor network coverage in some wards across the province, high teenage pregnancies, and poor road networks to sites due to rains, which affected programming.
