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Sunday, December 03, 2017

HIV/AIDS Transmission Is Still Alarmingly High In Nigeria.

Nigeria has one of the highest percentages of HIV/AIDS patients in the African continent and World AIDS Day is a great opportunity to enlighten people of how HIV/AIDS can be transmitted from an infected person.






1. AnAl s§x


Having anal s§x is an easy way to contract HIV and in Nigeria, a large percentage of those having anal sex are men with other men.

The number of men who have s§x with men who are living with HIV in Nigeria is on the increase.

As of 2007, 13.5% of men who have sex with men were living with HIV. By 2016, it had risen to 23%. Men who have sex with men are thought to account for 10% of all new HIV infections in the country.




2. Sharp objects


Sharing needles or syringes, rinse water, or other equipment used to prepare drugs for injection with someone who has HIV.

About 9% of new HIV infections in Nigeria every year are among people who inject drugs. Women who inject drugs are 7 times more likely to be living with HIV than their male counterparts which are 14% compared to 3%.





This is the burden of HIV/AIDs in Nigeria. (WHO/UNICEF)


3. Oral s§x

Oral s§x which consists of putting the mouth on the penis, vagina or anus seems to be a sexual act that is becoming popular.

Although the possibility of transmission of HIV during oral sex is extremely rare, it has been said to be theoretically possible if for example if an HIV-positive man ejaculates in his partner’s mouth during oral s§x.

A report conducted in 2005 on college students have found that 49% did not know that a woman could contract HIV through oral sex with an infected man.



4. S§x workers


Although HIV awareness is on the increase it is still found that 18.6% of male sex workers and 24.5% of female sex workers in Nigeria are living with HIV. This is 8 times higher than the general population.

Female sex workers are found to have 44.8% getting tested while 17.5% of male sex workers are getting HIV tested. Only 54.7% of male sex workers reported using a condom with their last client compared to 92.9% of female sex workers but both reported low condom use with regular partners.



4. During pregnancy, from mother to child


From mother to child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding. A United Nations reportconducted in 2013 shows that 8 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV do not have access to antiretroviral therapy for their own health.

Also, it showed that 8 out of 10 women or their infants did not receive antiretroviral medicines during breastfeeding to prevent transmission.




5. Receiving blood transfusions, blood products or organ/tissue transplants

This was more common in the early years of HIV, but now the risk is extremely small because of rigorous testing the blood supplied and donated organs and tissues.

In 2006, the national coordinator of National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), Dr. Folake Ayo had admitted that Infected blood causes more than 10 percent of HIV/AIDS infection in Nigeria.

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5 comments:

  1. Enter your comment...DON'T CRY FOR ME NIGERIA. Apart from leadership problem very soon nigeria will be battling with the giants called AIDS epidemic and Population explosion. Which might take over a decade to solve.

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  2. No country beats South Africa when it's comes to HIV so please get your fact right.

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  3. Did they read this post at all?

    No 3 is under debate which isn't supposed to be in this day and age.
    If a man has bruises already penetrating or after previous round, he may be bleeding a little. Your mouth on the D will suck up the blood.
    Virus transfer is up.

    So yes. Oral Sex is part of it.


    No 4...mbakwa o. Once you are pregnant and enroll for ante natal. You do HIV test and there's follow up counselling and administration till you deliver.
    Nigerian Medical Centers and private clinics are updated currently. Reason there's low birth of HIV infested newborns. Rural areas yes but urban? No please.

    Nigerians don't like health news, pity we are dying out of ignorance.

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