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“3.2 Million Nigerians are HIV +” – National Agency for the Control of Aids

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The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Professor John Idoko, announced that about 3.2 million Nigerians are coping with the HIV virus but that about 40% of this number aren’t aware of the status.

He explained this at the 2014 NACA/MDG medical outreach & HIV counselling and testing in Kafanchan, Kaduna State yesterday. Professor Idoko, who was represented by the acting Director of Programmes Co-ordination Department at NACA, Dr. Priscilla Ibekwe, urged Nigerians to visit hospital and know their HIV status.

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