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
sensitisation exercise for
Traditional Birth Attendants
(TBA) on prevention of mother
to child transmission of HIV; a
total of 28, 736 were
counselled and tested out of
which 340 tested positive to
HIV.
Idris said; “The State Aids
Control Agency was able to
carry out HIV Counselling and
Testing (HCT) for a total of 58,
792 clients in the health
facilities and 10, 606,
representing 18% of these
patients were positive.
“The agency conducted the
fourth phase of sensitisation of
Traditional Birth Attendants
(TBA) on Prevention of Mother
of Child Transmission of HIV
(PMTCT), Universal Safety
Precautions (USP) and Referral
Linkage to PMTCT intervention.
“A total of 28, 736 pregnant
women were counselled and
tested during the outreaches.
of these number, 340 were
positive and referred for
PMTCT services.”
Idris said a total of 2,957 HIV
positive patients commenced
antiretroviral treatment in the
year under review, even as
1,066 HIV positive pregnant
women and 745 HIV exposed
babies were placed on ARV
prophylaxis.
Speaking on infrastructural
development in the health
sector, the commissioner said
the state essentially needed to
enhance the efficiency of the
health workforce as well as
increase the scope and quality
of service delivery in the
health facilities.
He added that the
infrastructure development
involved the revamping of
health and related structures
through phased rehabilitation,
equipping and upgrading of
existing health facilities and
the construction of new ones
at all levels of care.

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