Fight Against HIV, STIs: Social Vaccine Caravan In Ngoumou

The Governor of the Centre Region, Naseri Paul Bea has called on the population of the Mefou and Akono Division in the Centre Region to adhere massively to the sensitisation campaign against STIs/HIV, dubbed “Social Vaccine”, spearheaded by the First Lady, Chantal Biya. He made the call on Friday April 26, 2019 at the Ngoumou Council Conference Centre as he officially launched the pedagogic programme, aimed at helping the population curb HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Besides pedagogic sensitisation tools, the First Lady, also offered a multimedia video conference room to the locality in a bid to promote good health amongst youths and the population at large.

While inaugurating the Ngoumou Multimedia Centre, Naseri Paul Bea, alongside some members of government and dignitaries lauded the gesture from the First Lady, which is much welcomed at an android era. The centre, he said, will help the population carry out research on HIV and STIs, and how to prevent the ailments. Located within the premises of the Ngoumou Council, the Multimedia Centre is equipped with computers, video cameras and other ICTs tools destined to enable researchers disseminate information on HIV/STIs as well as enable the population of Ngoumou interact with health experts at the “Chantal Biya” International Reference Centre for Research on the Prevention and Management of HIV dubbed CIRCB. While commissioning the committee charged with working at the multimedia centre, Naseri Paul Bea underscored that the centre is freely open to everybody and there should be no case of theft or people trying to monopolise the use of the computers.

The General Supervisor of the Social Vaccine Programme, Professor Alexis Ndjolo, who is also Director General of CIRCB, said the programme is a set of strategies aimed at promoting protective behaviour while rejecting risky behaviours that expose people to HIV infection. While waiting for a b...