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The Anambra Aids Control Agency and the Ministry of Health have revealed that no fewer than 98,960 persons are living with HIV\/AIDS in the state.<\/p>\n
INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the figure was confirmed during a media briefing in Awka, on Thursday, by the State Commissioner for Health, Afam Obidike,\u00a0ahead of the 2023 World AIDS Day.<\/p>\n
Obidike disclosed that the state was making the needed progress towards the attainment of the Global 95-95-95 targets after it ranked fifth highest in the country.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cWith the national prevalence of 1.4 per cent, our state HIV prevalence is ranked 5th highest in the country and the highest in South-East.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is estimated that 98,960 residents are living with HIV. Of this number, 58 per cent know their status, and only 44,808 are currently on treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE:\u00a0Twitter User Accuses Police Of Demanding N100k To Investigate Case Of Lady Raped, Infected With HIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cWorthy of note is the gradual decline in new infections, which is at 46 per cent between 2021 and 2023 and AIDS-related death which is at 32 per cent between 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have scaled up Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission services to ensure that no woman transmits this infection to her baby.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe good news is that with the advent of Anti Retro-viral Therapy, ART, HIV is no longer a death sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also speaking, the Director of Public Health, Dr Afam Anaeme, described HIV\/AIDS as one of the diseases of public health importance.<\/p>\n
Anaeme said, \u201cWith the participation of everyone, we can reduce the prevalence of HIV\/AIDS in Anambra.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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