No fewer than 10, 606
people living in Lagos State tested positive to HIV out of the 58,792 clients
tested by the State AIDS Control Agency in the last one year.
The dreadful
revelation came to the fore during the ministerial press briefing of the
Ministry of Health, held at Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja.
According to the State
Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris the agency was able to carry out HIV
Counseling and Testing (HCT) for a total of 58, 792 people out of which 18% of
them tested positive.
He also said during
the sensitization exercise for Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) on prevention
of mother to child transmission of HIV; a total of 28, 736 were counseled and tested
out of which 340 tested positive to HIV.
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