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Nigeria: 319,000 Children Living With HIV in Benue
By George Okoh, 15 March 2013
The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Action Committee against Aids (BENSACA), Mrs. Ashi Wende, has disclosed that over 319,000 children are living with HIV/AIDS in the state.
Wende who disclosed this Thursday at a one-day training of media practitioners on HIV/AIDS in Makurdi, disclosed further that "over 708,640 adults are also living with the virus in the state."
She explained that out of the number of the infected adults, 21,259 were new cases, adding that of this number, 17,139 women were found positive...
Nigeria: 319,000 Children Living With HIV in Benue
By George Okoh, 15 March 2013
The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Action Committee against Aids (BENSACA), Mrs. Ashi Wende, has disclosed that over 319,000 children are living with HIV/AIDS in the state.
Wende who disclosed this Thursday at a one-day training of media practitioners on HIV/AIDS in Makurdi, disclosed further that "over 708,640 adults are also living with the virus in the state."
She explained that out of the number of the infected adults, 21,259 were new cases, adding that of this number, 17,139 women were found positive...