58,000 infants born with HIV annually in Nigeria - UN
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has said that about 58,000 infants are born HIV/AIDS positive yearly in Nigeria.
The Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary General of Nigerian the United Nations, Michel Sidibe, who's in Nigeria on a three day visit, spoke on Monday night in Abuja during a courtesy call on the Director-General of the National Agency for the Constraint of AIDS, Prof. John Idoko.
«If we do not illustrate that we're effective at achieving mother to child transmission in the least levels of authorities and at every single location, it'll be hard. In Nigeria, 58, 000 infants are born with HIV/AIDS every year from data in our books.
»We have to be capable of be sure that we do not have those babies born with HIV. We have to be certain that we have a fresh generation born without HIV. With that you'd have been able to attest, like I just said, at all government levels."
Sidibe said there was the demand to improve testing and treatment as a measure towards winning the war against HIV/AIDS in the country to a larger quantity of Nigerians.
He said, «If there is any one nation where I should be now to be able to talk about stopping this epidemic, it will be Nigeria, because if we neglect to control the epidemic, it will be catastrophic. If we fail to quicken the pace and reach individuals, we might unable to terminate the epidemic.
»We're in a defining moment, Nigeria is able to show that consequence is possible, that we could see drop on new infections, that we are able to see decrease on how many persons who are dying from HIV/AIDS, that we are able to boost the number of people on treatment.
Sidibe, who said when they're not put on treatment immediately after arrival, infants that were contaminated had 50 per cent chances of survival, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that Nigeria does not have infants dying at the end of his tenure.
The Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary General of Nigerian the United Nations, Michel Sidibe, who's in Nigeria on a three day visit, spoke on Monday night in Abuja during a courtesy call on the Director-General of the National Agency for the Constraint of AIDS, Prof. John Idoko.
«If we do not illustrate that we're effective at achieving mother to child transmission in the least levels of authorities and at every single location, it'll be hard. In Nigeria, 58, 000 infants are born with HIV/AIDS every year from data in our books.
»We have to be capable of be sure that we do not have those babies born with HIV. We have to be certain that we have a fresh generation born without HIV. With that you'd have been able to attest, like I just said, at all government levels."
Sidibe said there was the demand to improve testing and treatment as a measure towards winning the war against HIV/AIDS in the country to a larger quantity of Nigerians.
He said, «If there is any one nation where I should be now to be able to talk about stopping this epidemic, it will be Nigeria, because if we neglect to control the epidemic, it will be catastrophic. If we fail to quicken the pace and reach individuals, we might unable to terminate the epidemic.
»We're in a defining moment, Nigeria is able to show that consequence is possible, that we could see drop on new infections, that we are able to see decrease on how many persons who are dying from HIV/AIDS, that we are able to boost the number of people on treatment.
Sidibe, who said when they're not put on treatment immediately after arrival, infants that were contaminated had 50 per cent chances of survival, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that Nigeria does not have infants dying at the end of his tenure.
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