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THE NATION         Business Times   Headlines   Lagos Weekend   Saturday Times   Sporting Times   Sunday Times   Times Home Studies   Times Review     The Nation   Politics   World Digest   Marketing   Business   Health   Sports   Corrections     Editorials   Op-Ed   Readers' Letters     Beauty   Books   Cartoons   Education   Environment   Events   Fashion   Fitness   Jobs   Junior Times   Homes   Leisure   Living   Magazine   Movies   Photos   Property   Security   Shopping   Taste   Travel   Workplace    GUEST BOOK  CHAT ROOM CONTACTS:   CEO   Editor   Advertising   Info   Sales GUESTBOOK | CHATROOM | SEARCH DAILY TIMES:   powered by FreeFind 185m abuse drugs � UN JAMES SOWOLE, Akure THE United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said at the weekend that 185 million people abuse drugs worldwide. The figure, according to UNODC representative in Nigeria, Mr. Paul Salay, represents three per cent of the global population or 4.7 per cent of the population aged 15 to 64. Salay, who spoke in Akure, Ondo State, at the launch and signing of memorandum of understanding on partnership for drug abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention in Nigeria project between UNODC and the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), said drug abuse had been found to be one of the primary ways by which HIV was spread, adding that risky sexual behaviour under the influence of drug was a leading cause of HIV transmission. He stated that a close relationship between drugs and violence had been reported and the emergence of secret cults on campuses had further worsened the situation. Salay said due to the identified factors, UNODC decided in 1999 to become a co-sponsor of the United Nations AIDS programme since drug abuse control was adjudged to be a vital tool for HIV prevention. The project, he said, would seek to progressively reduce the abuse of drugs and the spread of HIV through a comprehensive prevention and advocacy campaign and strengthening the capacity of the students� counselling unit. While commending UNODC for selecting FUTA from among other universities in the South-West for the project, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Peter Adeniyi, said the institution was in support of the agency which were targeted at youths. Adeniyi noted that no nation could underestimate the magnitude of these problems, moreso where the older one (drug abuse) had combined with the new one (HIV/AIDS) to cause more devastating harm on the young ones. He said research had shown that by the end of 2003, over 40 million people were living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, with sub-Saharan Africa being the worst affected by the epidemic with about 28 million cases. �While human deaths due to HIV/AIDS worldwide have increased to over 3 million, approximately 2.3 million of these occur in Sub-Sahara Africa alone�, he added. He praised the project implementation in FUTA for the preparation, presentation and packaging of the project proposal. Monday, July 19, 2004

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