Bolanle Akanji
Moderator
The 2012 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey-Plus have been released and it shows that Nigeria now has HIV prevalence rate of 3.4 per cent.
Rivers State is leading other states in the country with a prevalence rate of 15.2 per cent.
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu said the results from the survey were a testament of the efforts made by the Federal Government in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country. The prevalence rate has dropped a 0.2% from the 3.6% recorded in 2007.
Ekiti State has the lowest prevalence rate of 0.2 per cent.
The Rivers State government has expressed doubts over the statistics.
The Technical Assistant to the Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nyemenim Michael said, “Rivers state has had a prevalence rate of 3.1per cent but today, we are seeing a prevalence rate of 15.2 per cent. We are terribly worried and alarmed by these figures. This is because, to the best of our knowledge, these figures do not reflect the true health position. Not from our hospital services, not from activities we have in our outreach programmes.”
Rivers State is leading other states in the country with a prevalence rate of 15.2 per cent.
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu said the results from the survey were a testament of the efforts made by the Federal Government in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country. The prevalence rate has dropped a 0.2% from the 3.6% recorded in 2007.
Ekiti State has the lowest prevalence rate of 0.2 per cent.
The Rivers State government has expressed doubts over the statistics.
The Technical Assistant to the Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nyemenim Michael said, “Rivers state has had a prevalence rate of 3.1per cent but today, we are seeing a prevalence rate of 15.2 per cent. We are terribly worried and alarmed by these figures. This is because, to the best of our knowledge, these figures do not reflect the true health position. Not from our hospital services, not from activities we have in our outreach programmes.”
