19,396 People Test Positive To HIV In Niger State In 2015 alone!

 

A 2015 cumulative report from Niger State government has stated that a total number of 177,988 people were counselled and tested for HIV/AIDS out of which 19,396 were found positive.

To mark the World AIDS Day, the permanent secretary, State Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Tiffin, who disclosed this told journalists at a news conference yesterday in Minna that 15,444 people are currently on antiretroviral therapy, ART treatment in the state to date.