Nigeria: HIV Prevalence Among Pregnant Women in Katsina Drops to 1.4%



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By Francis Sardauna

Katsina – The Katsina State Agency for the Control of AIDS (KATSACA) has said the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence rate among pregnant women in the state has declined to 1.4 per cent.

The agency also reported that the rate of the transferable disease among the general population in the state had declined from 3.5 per cent to 0.7.

The current status, according to health expects, had been removed from the HIV emergency states. 19659005] This was contained in a statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the Governing Board of the Agency, Dr. Muntari Hbadan and made available to Katsina news, the state capital, recently.

It commends Aminu Governor Bello Masari for the (19659007) The statement reads, "We commend the governor for the provision of a drug, reagents and other consumables to be used in

N250,000 monthly local government contribution to the local government action committee LGAs in LACA activities

KATSACA as an agency is responsible for monitoring HIV and AIDS epidemic and behavior in the epidemic

Although the national prevalence of HIV and AIDS years, experts believe the situation can still be better, and it is possible that it is more likely to be affected by it.

for affected persons, while stigmatization should be eschewed so that people living with HIV / AIDS in Katsina and other states of the federation can be allowed

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