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A new report has revealed the alarmingly large number of people currently living with the deadly HIV/AIDS virus in Nigeria.
The
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has disclosed that Nigeria ranks the
second largest number of people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) in the whole world with over three (3) million Nigerians living
with the virus.
According to Daily Sun, Africa’s Bureau
Chief of AHF, Dr. Penninah Lutung, who disclosed this in an interview in
Makurdi, the Benue State capital, said West Africa ranked lowest in the
prevalence rate of the virus in the Africa continent.
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His words, “The prevalence of HIV is
highest in the South Africa region where it is about 10 percent and
South Africa has 18 percent followed by the East Africa bloc where
prevalence rate is between 5 and 8 percent but West Africa overall has
the lowest prevalence rate while Nigeria has about 3.4 percent.
“But Nigeria is a large country such
that 3.4 percent in actual number means that about 3 million people are
living with HIV in the country. In the whole world, Nigeria has the
second largest number of people living with HIV.”
Lutung however said the AHF’s vision of
global AIDS control, the epidemic can be controlled if new infections
are reduced drastically through the current number of strategies and
modules being used as combination prevention.
The Africa’s Bureau Chief stressed
further that the foundation had existed for 30 years in 13 African
countries including Nigeria which is only five years old in its service.
Commenting, Country Programme Manager of
AHF, Dr. Adetayo Towolawi, intimated that the foundation had committed
more than N25 million to four new projects in Benue
which included the
building of new structures and rehabilitation of existing clinics
donated to Daudu, Agasha, Gbajimba and Agan communities in different
local government areas of the state.
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