Professor John Idoko, Director
General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), who was
represented by the acting Director of Programmes Co-ordination Department at
NACA, Dr. Priscilla Ibekwe, at the 2014 NACA/MDG medical outreach & HIV
counselling and testing in Kafanchan, Kaduna State yesterday made it known
that about 3.2 million Nigerians
are living with the HIV virus but that about 40% of that number are not aware
of their status.
Dr. Priscilla Ibekwe, advised Nigerians to go to hospital and know their HIV status.
“NACA is working to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in
Nigeria to give opportunity to people to know their status, because it is
better for people to know their status. When they know their status and find
out they are negative, they will do everything to remain negative,” he said.
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