HIV/AIDS: Nigerian agency seeks improved reporting to end stigma

The National Agency for the Control of AIDs (NACA) has called for improved reportage from the media if the country is to end stigmatisation and discrimination against Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) in the country.

Speaking during a media tour of HIV facilities in Lafia, Nasarawa State on Thursday, the Deputy Director, Public Affairs and Protocol Unit of the agency, Toyin Aderibigbe, said there is HIV fatigue in the media that needs to end for the country to achieve its goal of ending AIDs by the year 2030.

Mrs Aderibigbe said stigmatisation against PLHIV is still very high and largely underreported by the media.