We have our hands tied
because human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(HIV/AIDS) is tightening its grips on Nigeria and threatening our populace with
heavy burden.
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| HIV/AIDS |
“This genocide of our
generation” has more casualties than any other war as we are losing the leaders
of tomorrow” since our shift focused on treatment instead of prevention. As of
2014 in Nigeria, the HIV prevalence rate among adults ages 15-49 was 3.17 per
cent. Nigeria has the second-largest number of people living with HIV, as 9% of
all people living with HIV globally are in Nigeria, 14% of the global deaths
from HIV related illness are in Nigeria and with a population of about 170
million and despite the recent drop in HIV prevalence to 4.4%, about 3.8-4.0
million people are now estimated to be HIV positive with growth rate of 1500
per day with an infection every minute.
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