Parliamentary Committee Hailes PM’s Office, TACAIDS For Wagging War Against HIV Viruses Towards Adolescent Girls

 

 

By Staff Writer, Shinyanga

THE Parliamentary Committee on HIV and AIDS has hailed the Prime Minister’s Office for working collaboratively with the Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) to implement positive interventions meant to curb the spread of HIV viruses across the country. 

 

Mr Stanslaus Nyongo (MP), the Chairman of the  key Committee has observed that the interventions that ongoing in different parts of the countries are playing key role to help curbing further spread of the killer viruses across the communities.

He made the remarks when the Committee visited and inspected the progression of the Epidemic Control (EPIC) project that is being implemented by the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) in the Shinyanga Region.

The DREAMS is an ambitious public-private partnership aimed at reducing rates of HIV among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in the highest HIV burden countries.

EpiC is an eight-year global initiative that provides strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to achieve HIV epidemic control and strengthen global health security.

 

During the tour, the Committee visited several youths groups under the vital program, including the Sitetereki group (Old Shinyanga Ward), Jahazi ( Ibadakuli Ward) and the Tunaweza group located at Kolandoto Ward of Shinyaga Region.

“The vision of this tour is to inspect and come aware over the progression of the vital project in order to stand a better side to advice the government over the areas that need to be improved so that to assure the implementation of the project fetches the needed results of having the healthier youth who will effectively use their power and talents to venture into key development works,” Mr Nyongo expressed.

He added that the Committee was far impressed with the good works being done by President Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan to prevent the adolescent girls in the country against HIV/Aids.

“President Samia has always been directing and supporting implementation of numerous interventions meant to empower the the adolescent girls economically through setting friendly environment to allow them to take part in the entrepreneurship sector to scale up their livelihoods,” he observed.

 

Together with that, Mr Nyongo added that the government has put in place good podiums for the girls to voice their voices against gender-based violence and other negative forms of atrocities, saying the Committee was very impressed with the development.

Speaking for her part, the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (Policy and Parliamentary Coordination) Ummy Nderiananga has challenged the girls in the country to embrace a spirit of self confidence and standing at forefront in tapping numerous economic opportunities that available at their respective areas.

 

 

Ms Agnes Junga, the Senior Advisor of the DREAMS Program through the Epidemic Control (EPIC) said the goal of the program was to lessen the prevalence of the HIV/Aids viruses towards the adolescent girls, starting from the age 9 of 24 ages.

She expressed that the ambitious program, Epidemic Control (EPIC), was being implemented in the Shinyanga region by the Family Health International (FHI360).