As states commit to greater awareness creation among citizens and researches improving globally, a complete eradication of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria could be feasible by the year 2020, Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Kayode Issa, has said. Issa said at the commissioning of two HIV counseling and testing mobile tents on Monday in Ilorin that the state government, with its robust [...]
Nigeria’s HIV Prevalence Rate Drops To 3.4% –Idoko
The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Nigeria has dropped from 5.1 per cent to 3.4 per cent, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, has said. The Director General, NACA, Prof. John Idoko, attributed the decrease in the rate of the HIV/AIDS infection in the country to extensive awareness of the virus by Nigerians. Idoko spoke on the HIV/AIDS Anti-discrimination Bill on [...]
Mandatory HIV test before marriage outlawed in Ekiti state
A person's HIV/AIDS status is no longer prerequisite for getting married in Ekiti state again, and consequently, places of worship like mosques and churches are no not to compel couples to take mandatory tests before being united in marriage. To do so is to risk going to prison, likewise exposing test results to other parties before the one tested knows his status. Project [...]