Health programmes through campaigns against Human Immune Virus (HIV), Human Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Malaria are one of the pioneering activities of SWAYA even before its official incorporation in 2009. We started campaigns against HIV/AIDS in 2004 through visitation to secondary schools in Rivers State to sensitise students about the scourge. The campaigns continued […]
Under the malaria campaign programme, SWAYA carries out campaigns in communities the Niger Delta region of Nigeria in support of the fight against malaria. Malaria is one of the most serious public health diseases in Nigeria. With an estimated 90% of all malaria deaths occurring on the African continent, 71% prevalence and 35% annual death […]
In Nigeria, private organizations, including the media, are heeding the call to take ownership of the HIV and AIDS response. Rivers state radio station Cool/Wazobia FM/Nigeria Info has shown commitment to the cause, signing a deal in July 2016 to provide HIV-related programming over the next two years. The memorandum of understanding—worth over 19 million […]
As part of events marking the 2014 World AIDS Day (WAD) celebrations today (Monday, December 1, 2014), the Rivers State Agency for the Control of AIDS (RIVSACA), has called on stakeholders across the state to focus on two key areas in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Executive Director of RIVSACA, Dr. Chimezie Okeh, […]