Ministry of transport inaugurates committee for HIV/AIDS in aviation

Determined to curb the spread of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the Nigerian aviation industry, Ministry of Transport has inaugurated a Ministerial HIV/AIDS Local Committee in relevant agencies in the sector.

The ministry said the inauguration of the committee would enable a comprehensive social intervention approach to the fight for better productivity and collaboration with stakeholders to mitigate the effect of the virus in the sector.

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According to the Social Behavioural Change Communicator in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr Joe Jimoh, the recent statistics about prevalence of HIV/AIDS had shown that the transportation sector was one of the vulnerable industries to the virus in the country.