Know your HIV status – Ogun govt, UNESCO to NYSC members

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, has sensitised nary less than 5,000 corps members serving successful Ogun State connected Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, SRHR, HIV and AIDS arsenic portion of efforts to beforehand wellness and well-being among Nigerian youths.

The sensitisation, held connected Monday astatine the Ogun NYSC predisposition camp, Sagamu, was facilitated nether UNESCO’s Education for Health and Well-being project.

DAILY POST reports that the inaugural is designed to equip young radical with close accusation to marque informed decisions astir their wellness and future.

Speaking astatine the event, UNESCO Consultant connected the project, Mr Akinpelu Akintayo, said 1 of the Sexual and Reproductive Health challenges that the state has continued to look is the contented of HIV and AIDS.

He maintained that the absorption goes beyond HIV, but full reproductive health, charging them to question cognition and instrumentality work for their health.

“Aside from each different wellness indices radical spell through, reproductive wellness is not by choice. It’s thing we each indispensable spell through. If young radical are not taught however to negociate it properly, they volition find it difficult,” helium stated.

“We are not conscionable talking astir HIV but your reproductive wellness arsenic a whole. Get the cognition and marque informed decisions astir your health, which volition guarantee that you are okay. The much you kn...