World AIDS Day, designated on 1 December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease. Government and health officials, non-governmental organizations, and individuals around the world observe the day, often with education on AIDS prevention and control.

Today listwand joins in the observation of world AIDS day by compiling some basic facts about the scourge of the disease in Nigeria .

Below are HIV and AIDS keypoints in Nigeria, the facts and statistics, the states with the highest prevalence of HIV and AIDS in Nigeria and more.



World AIDS Day: HIV and AIDS Statistics in Nigeria

1. Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world and one of the highest rates of new infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
Although HIV prevalence among adults is much less (2.8%) than other sub-Saharan African countries such as South Africa (18.8%) and Zambia (11.5%), the size of Nigeria's population means 3.1 million people were living with HIV in 2017

2. It is estimated that around two-thirds of new HIV infections in West and Central Africa in 2017 occurred in Nigeria. Together with South Africa and Uganda , the country accounts for around half of all new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa every year. This is despite achieving a 5% reduction in new infections between 2010 and 2017.

3. Unprotected heterosexual sex accounts for 80% of new HIV infections in Nigeria, with the majority of remaining HIV infections occurring in key affected populations such as sex workers.

4. Six states in Nigeria account for 41% of people living with HIV, including Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Lagos, Oyo, and Kano. HIV prevalence is highest in Nigeria’s southern states (known as the South South Zone), and stands at 5.5%. It is lowest in the southeast (the South East Zone) where there is a prevalence of 1.8%. There are higher rates of HIV in rural areas (4%) than in urban ones (3%)

5. Many people living with HIV in Nigeria are unaware of their status. Nigeria continues to fall short of providing the recommended number of HIV testing and counselling sites.

6. Low levels of access to antiretroviral treatment remains an issue for people living with HIV, meaning that there are still many AIDS-related deaths in Nigeria.

7. Nigeria accounted for 37,000 of the world’s 160,000 new cases of babies born with HIV in 2016. Even South Africa which happens to be the hardest-hit country in the world, with 7.1 million people living with the virus had only 12,000 newly infected children in 2016. The high infection rate in Nigeria, along with the lack of access to Hiv drugs
helps explain why 24,000 children here died of AIDS in 2016, nearly three times as many as in South Africa.

8. Approximately 150,000 people died from AIDS-related illnesses in Nigeria in 2017. Since 2005, the reduction in the number of annual AIDS-related deaths has been minimal, indicative of the fact that only 33% of those with a positive diagnosis in Nigeria are accessing antiretroviral treatment (ART).


https://listwand.com/world-aids-day-hiv-and-aids-statistics-in-nigeria/

Ohh my God!! Nigeria second largest WHAT!!!! GOD SAVE US.

At that point of having sex.

Your mind will always tell you that you covered with the Blood of Jesus. That HIV can't hit you until you test positive.

Then you will start regreting when Dr tell you that Baba you are positive.

That's when you will laying curse on Amaka for giving you what you rightfully deserve...

Let's use condoms pls.

Safe sex is the way cos abstinence is story for the gods.

Know ur status today! E no de show for face.

May we not contract it in Jesus name.

Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world and one of the highest rates of new infection in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Shocking!

Go get tested.

I do mine every 6 months, not for anything, but cos I'm a blood donor, to save lives.

Go do the test

Having sex with an hiv infected person doesnt automatically mean u don get am

I see an African proffering solution to this problem, but not by his powers!

Why are scientists being lazy?Find the damn cure!

Know your status today!

Rip to d dead

And these are the Top 10 African Countries With the Highest Number of People Living with HIV/AIDS

O boi

okay

joyfullyjoyous:
May we not contract it in Jesus name.

May you no have unprotected sex in Jesus name

Thank my H-Agnostic god for CUCUMBERS!
I don stop to do runs!
Never again!!!!!
Especially with “NIGERIAN BIG OR SMALL BOYS”!

Tufiakwa!!!!!!

All WATER SIDE CITIES should rank number 1
All WATER SIDE Communities should rank No. 1
All WATER SIDE STATES should rank number 1
All WATER SIDE COUNTRIES should rank No.1

Finally,
All WATER SIDE men and women should be tested every second of the day.

so walking in the street of Nigeria everyday is not easy...
but to say the truth:
why is it that Nigeria like populating everything Oyinbo bring na wa ooo?

Let d govt kill everybody with hiv/aid. So as to have a safe life.......
Just a suggestion tho

Condoms don cost now!!!!

Team do it raw

Nothing tastes sweeter

Akwa ibom and HIV are like 5&6.......
Imeh must go