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Policy & Strategic Plan
In order to create a culture of
effective and efficient HIV/AIDS intervention in QUA Iboe
Church/United Evangelical church (QIC/UEC), the church established a
process that permitted interactive, regular, ongoing advocacy
dialogue, focus group discussions, and the above baseline survey
among stakeholders, particularly the clergy and laity. On this
foundation the policy and strategic plan were built. This involved
the participation of representatives from national, area and local
levels of the church.
QIC/UEC recognizes the challenge of HIV/AIDS and its far-reaching
socio-economic implications on her members and Nigeria as a whole.
Against this background, QIC/UEC conceptualized its challenge as
prioritizing HIV/AIDS in the critical areas of prevention of the
spread, mitigation of the effects and provision of care and support
to PLWHA and PABA by formulating the QIC/UEC HIV/AIDS policy and
strategic plan.
By virtue of its roots and membership in the Nigerian community,
QIC/UEC is well placed to contribute immensely in the response to
HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. It has well established structures and networks
through which it can work with people at all levels of the community
in addressing the epidemic. The church has a long tradition of
holistic development of her people. Her best tool is hope. Nothing
offers so real a hope as the knowledge the church shares.
Formulating its HIV/AIDS policy is its ambitious frontline strategy
to empower pastors and members to strengthen and improve the overall
HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support initiatives in the Nigerian
community.
The church has a vital role in the control of HIV and in the
mitigation of its effects. This document is an important resource
for an effective church response. As the church is an important
stakeholder in Nigeria’s future, this QIC/UEC policy is also part of
the national response.
As we all join hands we will indeed, “… confront this epidemic head
on.”
– President Olusegun Obasanjo
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STILL WATERS
QIC/UEC National Centre, Plot 46 Cadastral Zone B5, Utako,
P.O.Box 15156, Wuse, Abuja, Nigeria
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