I recently came across this news for an upcoming book launch: It has been over 30 years since the onset of the global AIDS epidemic and advances in biomedical research have led to the discovery of effective medicines which for many transformed AIDS from a death sentence to a chronic treatable condition. Yet, the greatest burden of disease remains in parts of the world that struggle to provide drugs for the millions of AIDS patients still in need. Nigeria, the most populous nation on the African continent, continues to bear one of the highest burdens of AIDS, while providing for over one...
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This year has been a year of so many challenges and trials. First it was resuming back to work in Abuja and was given a letter of termination of appointment from the organization we work for. Later in the month of March I lost an Aunty--in short from March to November I lost three of my aunties and an in-law.
As an HIV advocate and Global Ambassador to The Well Project one of the planned activities that was carried out this year was to take HIV/AIDS health education and information to young adolescent girls in school and out of school. For the first quarter of the year 2018, we were able to reach four schools and two communities in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. They included: Kubwa Junior Secondary School (February and May 2018) Government Senior Secondary School Dutse (Revisit) Graceland Nursery & Primary School Waru community Apo Abuja Gosa community hospital FCT Abuja Future on...
It is over fourteen years now, that I told my seven year old son that I have HIV and that I will be dying soon. I told him not to worry too much that my Mum and elder brother will take good care of him, because back then I was a single parent. All the things I told him affected him physiologically and emotionally to the extent that he became absent minded in school and on two occasions, he ran out of home. Four years later, my elder brother was also diagnosed of having the HIV virus and in the year 2005, my mum was diagnosed of have cancer of the lower intestine. I felt devastated as all hope...
I truly don't know where to start because it is another great and wonderful opportunity given to me by The Well Project. If not for The Well Project, I could not have been able to attend this conference through the scholarship I received, since it only covered registration and accommodation, but no flight. The Well Project ensured that I did not miss the scholarship by providing funding for my flight. At the conference, I was able to attend some sessions and plenaries at the conference on research, treatment and prevention. There were many references made on engaging young people in advocacy...
I was on my way home to see my family in Lagos, Nigeria from the FCT Abuja. It was a fifteen to nineteen-hour drive from Abuja to Lagos and the vehicle which I boarded had to stop to top up fuel at a filling station between the border of FCT Abuja and Kogi State Nigeria. The driver requested that we should make use of the rest room while he filled his tank. As he opened the bus door, some young children selling snacks approached us to buy some snacks and soda drink. So I bought some from a young girl and I left for the rest room because our next stop would be in another four hours time. I...
I was invited by one of the Private Secondary Schools in Abuja to address mothers on issues concerning a girl child. For me I choose to make it an interactive session for those mothers in order for us to be able to discuss some of the issues and challenges faced by a girl child both in the community and School. It was also an experience sharing session for us all. Peer Pressure Sexual Reproductive health Cultural influence Self Esteem One of the experiences shared by the Proprietor, she shared about a close family friend's daughter who was rushed to the hospital. The seventeen year old girl...
I keep on reflecting back to when I used to be a home based care provider. My experiences back then, I go to very sick persons’ homes that are living with HIV and AIDS. Most were very sad ones and some few with worth the while. I remember some faces of those who passed on after much struggles with the diseases (opportunistic infections). The ones that broke my heart were two young ladies who died and their family had to call me to come over immediately after their death. One particular case was that of this young lady full of hope of living after seeing someone living positively with the Virus...
Attending the IAS Durban and Women Now! Summit, 2016 has been quite informative for me, and as an advocate and Global Ambassador of the Well Project, again it was overly enriching and has better equipped me to give excellent service to my community in providing new and up-to-date information on HIV cure and new treatment development.
It was a great privilege given to me by The Well Project (TWP) and the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) who gave me a partial scholarship to attend the upcoming IAC in Durban, South Africa. I never could have been able to attend if not for The Well Project and its team of great people who encouraged me to apply for the scholarship.