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No fewer than 1,131 pregnant women have been tested positive to the dreaded and incurable HIV disease in Lagos State, Health Commissioner, Dr. Jide Idris, disclosed at the weekend.

The commissioner, at a ministerial news conference in Alausa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, disclosed that 38,791 pregnant women were tested for HIV, out of which 1,131 of them tested positive in the last one year.

He said the test was carried out from the money received from Global Fund to tackle HIV issues in the state in a bid to stem the spread.

He said the agreement between the Global Fund and the Lagos State Government was signed in February 2017 with the Lagos State Ministry of Health expected to receive and manage the Global Fund grants, to oversee grant implementation and procurement, and to report on grant programmatic and financial performance to the Global Fund Secretariat.

“This first phase of the grant was described as the pilot phase and it was agreed that the success of Lagos State in this phase would be a benchmark for which the Global Fund would be in a position to implement in other states in the country for implementation and indeed other sub-national entities world-wide for program implementation.


“During the pilot phase of the grant (January – December, 2017), a total sum ofUSD9,623,390.08 was made available to the Principal Recipient to cover Procurement of Health products for PLHIV, conduct of the Lagos State AIDS Indicator Survey, Implementation and Technical Support to Health facilities in the 3 LGAs by the Sub-Recipient (APIN) and funds to the LSMOH for Grant Management.

“The Lagos State Government approved State Counterpart Funds to the tune of 10% of the total grant sum to support programme implementation. By the end of 2017, the support provided through Global Fund was able to avail a minimum of 226,768 persons (+15yrs) with free HIV counselling and testing as well as knowledge of their HIV status, with the cumulative total of 10,623 PLHIV in the 3 LGAs placed on the lifesaving Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART).

“Also, at least 38,791 pregnant women know their HIV status out of which about 2,131 (HIV positive pregnant women) were enrolled for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission programme,” he stated.

Idris said the key objectives of the grant were to reduce new HIV infections, and improve the quality of life for the infected, affected, and to place 10,337 number of PLHIVs on treatment of which 3876 are children; provide people living in Epe, Ikorodu and Oshodi Isolo LGAs with universal access to high-quality, patient-centered prevention, diagnosis, and treatment services for TB/HIV by 2017 and contribute towards achieving HIV epidemic control in Epe, Ikorodu and Oshodi/Isolo LGAs by year 2020 with Epidemic control defined as ART coverage of at least 80%.

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Double wahala for deady body and the owner of dem body........or na which kind song we wan sing to this gbedu...

Na Wao. PMTCT

HIV no dey show for face


be careful

practice ABC method ..




get tested and go for retest after 6months

Lalasticlala

Ehn?!

You say wetin? I thought HIV has been eradicated?

Anyway, as a Vaseline Crew Alumni, this does not concern us as vaseline cannot cheat nor infect us.

My people are safe.

i Hope its only one man that is responsible for their pregnancy

The result of fucking upandan despite being married and a result of their husband's patronising olosho outside and bring the deases back home to their innocent wife's

this women are they not among those Libya people

Na wah o. HIV is on the rise now.
They have assurance of proper management. It's not a killer disease again.

Truth is, Nigerians do not use condoms. I recall the look I got from a deranged woman in a Lagos store when I asked for varieties of condoms so that I could choose the best one, the woman (an SU) looked at me like a hell-bound reprobate infidel. Even as a full-blown adult, I felt insulted and embarrassed. Now imagine what our teenagers go through. We are arguably the world's most hypocritical nation, that's why we thronged churches on Sundays & spread HIV during the week. By the way, I still got my condoms that day, and...guess the rest #Condomise

End of the world

Its very possible their dick head husband gave them. Poor women.

salvation101 is one av emmm. living dirty lives hiding behind church. demons and agents of darkness out there to deceive many souls as possible. they are killers and spiritual cadavers that will never have kids. wicked souls that come out to destroy innocent heart.

jobless old women going thru difficult times in life. suffering for their sins. they will see their deaths with their real eyes.

NawaO...so na condom we go dey use forever ...
Condom industries dey make money sha

Wahala dey ooo, guys no dey chook chook anyhow ooo

Wàhálà dey o

I'm sure, %99.9 of them contacted the desease through sex...
As a Virgin, STD especially HIV don't scare me. Abstenance is the best even after marriage..

Being faithful to your partner is the answer.

This is not good. But it can be managed sha. If u must av sex, practice safe sex.

Dear Lord,
We commit our Nation Nigeria unto Thee Oh God, heal our Land and touch Your people once again. Let Thy peace reign over our many trouble and bless our leaders with a sense of DIRECTion. Amen.
Good morning House.
AIDS is real. Don't use condom. Be faithful.

busybrain123:
As a Virgin, STD especially HIV don't scare me. Abstenance is the best...

Abstinence for life? You must get married at some point I believe. Just do the needful amd remain faithful afterwards. Cheers.

Op, there's a difference between 1,131 and 2,131. Does it matter? Yes it matters.

I won't fvck in Lagos again.

Condom full market. Guys should wear it for other ladies who are not their spouses. Ladies should not allow sex without a guy wearing condom except your man. Infidelity is rampant, God help us all

Creampìez

Just imagine what unfaithfulness has caused them.

This is very devastating, most Lagosian are HIV positive

Jesus Christ of Nazareth's ... If this could be tru ... That mean over million of single ladies are having HIV in Lagos ... I need to put that on my mind oooo