… Open national call centre
Airtel
Nigeria and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) have jointly unveiled
an initiative aimed at curtailing the prevalence of the Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) and HIV in the country.
Director
General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Professor John Idoko,
said they are better equipped to tackle the spread of AIDS with the support of
Airtel, which provided a telecoms platform at the NACA Call Centre with 100
lines for the project.
Also
speaking, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Mr.
Rajan Swaroop, said the partnership is part of the company’s commitment to
contribute to the well-being of all Nigerians, particularly its customers.
“This
partnership provides us with a new opportunity to serve our customers in a
fresh and different way, especially in the area of quality health care
delivery. We have partnered with NACA with the objective of improving the
delivery of healthcare services in Nigeria,” he said.
Mr.
Swaroop pledges Airtel’s desire to work closely with NACA to send information
via a short code on the deadly scourge to our customers nationwide in addition
to providing access for people to speak to call agents at the NACA call centre.
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| L-R: John Idoko and Rajan Swaroop at the event. |
The
centre, he explained will be officially commissioned by the First Lady, Dame
Patience Jonathan, on Thursday, April 27, to provide information and counseling
on the disease in the English, Pidgin English, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo
languages.
NACA's
Director General, Prof. John Idoko, explained that Nigerians can access
information on the disease by dialing 6222, adding that the centre would both
serve as information hub and public enlightenment platform that is carefully
designed to grow the knowledge of HIV and AIDS among the people.
Remmy Nweke
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