Role Of NTA In The Campaign Against HIV/AIDS In Rural Area

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Chapter One

Introduction

1.1. Background Of The Study

It is said that health is wealth. The issues of health have overwhelmed our daily comments, since evolution of science.

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a recent recognized disease throughout the world, which is caused by the infection of the Human, Immune Deficiency Virus, which attack selected cells in the immune system and produces defects in function.

Human Immune Virus (HIV) and AIDS in Nigeria was first discovered in 1984 among researchers at the National Institution for Medical Research, Yaba Lagos.

The first evidence of AIDS in Nigeria was reported to health officials by Nasidi, and Heavy in 1986.

Against this background the federal government in conjunction with other countries of the world through the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to embark on massive campaigns against HIV/AIDS pandemic in rural areas and the nation in general.

Nigerian Television Authority Enugu as part of its efforts to eradicate this dreadful disease which seems to have defied Federal government’s efforts at combating it, then established the National AIDS control programmes in response to public concern.