Lagos State Records Over 24,000 HIV Positive Cases In Two Years

The Lagos State Aids Control Agency, LSACA, has said in the last two years it has recorded more than 24,000 cases of HIV positive cases ...

The Lagos State Aids Control Agency, LSACA, has said in the last two years it has recorded more than 24,000 cases of HIV positive cases in the state.

Dr. Oluseyi Temowo, the Chief Executive Officer of the agency, revealed this while speaking on the activities the agency has lined up to mark this year’s World Aids Day, which takes place every December 1.
While explaining how the agency came about the outrageous number, he said that in 2015, out of 599, 560 persons counseled and tested, 15, 311 persons tested positive, while in 2016, 616, 318 residents were counseled and tested, 9, 579 individuals were found to be positive.
Continuing, he said about 52, 803 positive individuals are currently on anti-retrovirals, noting that the state, over time has shown an unstable HIV prevalence trend.
To mark the day this year, Temowo said that his agency would stage a walk from Ikeja Local Council Secretariat, and it would terminate at the State House, where Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, would receive the participants.