By Esnart Chingwalu

Ministry of Health has attributed that the country is in a good move in the efforts on the fight against HIV/AIDS and eradicating the challenge that people living with the disease face in the country.

The remarks come barely few days to commemoration on international AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day which follows on every third Sunday of June every year a day set aside for communities across the country to remember people that lost life due to HIV pandemic and show support to people living with it.

According to principal secretary in the ministry of health Dr Charles Mwansambo for instance currently the country has surpasses the 95:95:95 strategy set aside by UNAIDS to be achieved by all countries by the year 2030 where the country has attained 88:98:97 of it.

“We should be proud as a country as currently we are doing better in the 95:95:95 UNAIDS target on HIV/AIDS given to all countries where the first 95 represents 95 percent of people to know their status, 95 percent of those that know their status to be on treatment whilst the last 95 represents 95 percent of people on treatment to have their viruses suppress.

Mwansambo said on the strategy currently the country has attained an 88:98:97 which shows a good move to the country.”

Mwansambo has added that most men and boys still have a delay in accessing their status against the pandemic which contributing the country to register a drop of 88 percent on the strategy for people to know their status.

“There is a poor health seeking behaviours in men as compared to women where most men come to the hospital late which is not right,” Mwansambo said.