The launch of the National HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey Results last Thursday by President Muhammadu Buhari has shown that only 1.9 million Nigerians are living with HIV/AIDS, a far reduction from previously known figure of 3.2 million, a prevalence that has now put the country as the fourth most affected nation globally. Martins Ifijeh reports
Prior to last week, Nigeria was known as the second capital of HIV/AIDS prevalence globally with 2014 data showing 3.2 million Nigerians were living with the virus, just behind South Africa which has 7.1 million persons living with the burden.
But last Thursday launch of the National HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) Result by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja has shown that the burden of the disease has reduced by almost half, bringing the prevalence to 1.9 million persons; a move that has now placed the country at number four in the list of countries with highest burden of HIV/AIDS in the…
