The Lagos State Government yesterday said it has recorded a drop from its Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence rate from 5.1 in 2013 to 4.1 presently.
Making the announcement at Ministerial briefing to commemorate Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s first year in office, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris also disclosed that not less than 47,393 people living with the virus are actively receiving free anti – Retroviral drugs in the state.
According to him “The State’s prevalence rate three years ago was 5.1 percent. We have achieved one percent reduction. We are getting downward trend and we need to intensify our advocacy and others to ensure that the percentage continues to drop.”
Idris, who could not give the number of new HIV cases in the state, further argued that the current prevalence rate represents the number of cases that are positive in the state currently.
Making the announcement at Ministerial briefing to commemorate Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s first year in office, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris also disclosed that not less than 47,393 people living with the virus are actively receiving free anti – Retroviral drugs in the state.
According to him “The State’s prevalence rate three years ago was 5.1 percent. We have achieved one percent reduction. We are getting downward trend and we need to intensify our advocacy and others to ensure that the percentage continues to drop.”
Idris, who could not give the number of new HIV cases in the state, further argued that the current prevalence rate represents the number of cases that are positive in the state currently.
