Thursday, 15 October 2015

50% of Nigerians unsure of their HIV status

Fifty percent of Nigerians have been found unsure of their HIV status. This was said by Mrs Oluwakemi Gbadamosi, the Advocacy Manager of the AIDS Health Care Foundation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NANS), Abuja.
    Speaking on the prevalence rate, Gbadamosi said the country had 3.1 per cent prevalence, with about 3.5 million people living with the disease globally.
She said the UNAIDS in 2013 put the figures at 3.5 million people living with HIV out of which 1.6 million people required anti-retro viral drugs.
 http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/

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