THE fourth edition of the Love Life Caravan on the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor arrived in the country last week through the Elubo Border Post in the Jomoro District in the Western Region to sensitise the people along the corridor to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
The caravan, which set off in Abidjan on September 28, this year, is on the theme: “Universal access for an HIV/AIDS-free corridor; time to make a difference”.
It is being organised by the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organisation (ALCO) and funded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
The caravan would travel a distance of 1,022 kilometres through Cote d’lvoire, Ghana , Togo , Benin and Nigeria to reach a targeted transit population of 50,000,000 people.
The target population includes truck drivers, commercial sex workers, security personnel, people living with HIV, young boys and girls, women traders and people at the borders.
The caravan would parade the major towns and cities and hot spots along the corridor, organise voluntary HIV testing for the people, especially pregnant women, treat sexually transmitted infections and distribute condoms.
A total of 42 voluntary counselling and testing centres have been set up in the cities and towns in the five countries for HIV/AIDS testing.
There will also be projection of films, sketches and plays, games and competitions on sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, with lots of prizes to be won.
At the handover ceremony, the Communication Specialist for the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organisation, Mr Harvey De Hardt-Kaffils, said the people would be sensitised to the disease and advised to undergo voluntary testing to know their status to enable them to plan for a better life.
He said the people had now accepted the message.
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