CHOMA District HIV/AIDS Taskforce (DATF) has urged Government and other stakeholders to help put more interventions of preventing teenage pregnancies and transmission of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) particularly among youths in Southern Province.
DATF chairperson Partner Siabutuba said there was need for effective intervention by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to effectively support Government in nurturing moral standards among youths.
Mr Siabutuba’s comments follow revelations by Choma District Commissioner (DC) Bernadette Hamweemba that in the first quarter of this year, Choma had recorded the highest number of syphilis and gonorrhea cases in the province.
Ms Hamweemba revealed at the Provincial Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) meeting in Mazabuka last week that statistics from the ministry of health had indicated that Choma had the highest number of people treated for the two STIs syphilis and gonorrhea.
In an interview yesterday, Mr Siabutuba appealed to Government to effectively put more policies to prevent further transmission of STI’s and unwanted pregnancies particularly among youths.
“Our worry is that those infected with STI’s may contribute to increasing the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Choma due to social behaviour following its newly acquired provincial administration status,” he said.
Mr Siabutuba said the revelations on syphilis and gonorrhea cases showed that majority of people were having unprotected casual sex due to recent shortage of condoms in the district.
He called on the Government and other stakeholders to intensify sex education and behavioral change messages among the youths.
Looks like there is hardly a middle way in Zed; it is either people are gossiping or just plain fcuking… and live!
Its now the provincial HQ and sadly they want to be HQ even in diseases.
@Gen kekekeke is HQ for diseases or sex?
These villagers should learn to use condoms or keep their penises in their pants! Strange that we are still talking about Gonorrhoea in 2014!!
Anxiously waiting for someone to blame it on PF as per usual
This PF map is wrong, what province above Southern or right?
I didn’t know Southern Province is bottom and darkness and my province is facing the sun, its the face of Zambia.
If you draw world map on top of Zambia, my province will be in Europe, and Southern province will still be in Africa.
Multiple partners and polygamy is the cause this among our Brothers and Sisters from the South. They should change their life styles.
Tonga bulls at work… lol
We are not shocked , that is the only thing they are good at. Unprotected sex ,which they record.Tongas
“Our worry is that those infected with STI’s may contribute to increasing the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate… following [Choma’s] acquired provincial administration status.” … I shudder when I think about what it will be like when the place attain city status!
It’s because HH has been visiting. United Party for National Diseases