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Unbelievable! The Number Of People Who Tested Positive To HIV This Year In Lagos Will Shock You

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A new report has revealed the alarming number of people who tested positive to the deadly HIV disease in Lagos.

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It has been revealed that no fewer than 9, 579 people tested positive to HIV of the 616, 318 that attended the HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) awareness programme from January to June, 2016.

According to Vanguard, Dr Oluseyi Temowo, the Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), made this known on Wednesday in Lagos.

Temowo spoke at a news conference in Ikeja to mark the 2016 World AIDS Day with the theme: “Hands Up for #HIV Prevention’’.

United Nations had in 1988 declared every Dec.1 as the World AIDS Day.

This is to honour AIDS victims and focus on issues surrounding HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome).

Temowo said that in 2015, a total number of 599, 560 people were counselled, tested and received results out of which 15, 311 people were found to be positive.

The LSACA chief said that 52, 803 people living with the scourge were currently on Antiretrovirals (ARVs).
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