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Vanguard (Lagos)
Nigeria: HIV/Aids Kills 300,000 Nigerians, Orphans 1.5 Million Children Annually
By Peter Duru, 19 September 2013
Makurdi ? Over 300,000 Nigerians die annually from complications arising from HIV/AIDS, while no fewer than 1.5 million children are orphaned yearly by the deadly virus in the country.
Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHDA, Dr. Ado Mohammad, disclosed this yesterday at a week-long Integrated Service Delivery Training for community health workers, organized by the Programme for HIV/AIDS Integration and Decentralization, PHAID, in Makurdi.
Dr. Mohammad said: "HIV/AIDS continues to be a major burden in our country, with well over 1.5million children orphaned annually by the virus which also claims over 300,000 Nigerian lives yearly."
Represented by Dr. Bakunawa Bello, the NPHDA Executive Director warned that the "devastation and dangers posed by the virus in our country calls for concerted effort by all Nigerians, including health workers, to ensure that we drive down the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria...
Vanguard (Lagos)
Nigeria: HIV/Aids Kills 300,000 Nigerians, Orphans 1.5 Million Children Annually
By Peter Duru, 19 September 2013
Makurdi ? Over 300,000 Nigerians die annually from complications arising from HIV/AIDS, while no fewer than 1.5 million children are orphaned yearly by the deadly virus in the country.
Executive Director of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, NPHDA, Dr. Ado Mohammad, disclosed this yesterday at a week-long Integrated Service Delivery Training for community health workers, organized by the Programme for HIV/AIDS Integration and Decentralization, PHAID, in Makurdi.
Dr. Mohammad said: "HIV/AIDS continues to be a major burden in our country, with well over 1.5million children orphaned annually by the virus which also claims over 300,000 Nigerian lives yearly."
Represented by Dr. Bakunawa Bello, the NPHDA Executive Director warned that the "devastation and dangers posed by the virus in our country calls for concerted effort by all Nigerians, including health workers, to ensure that we drive down the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria...