Over 1, 366, 383 people living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria were
enrolled on the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) treatment which
was held on march 2017.
Dr Bilali Camara, UNAIDS Country Director, told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that Nigeria was able to achieve the progress
because it adopted the` test and treat policy’. The country director said that
the policy ensure that people who tested positive were enrolled on treatment
regardless of their ‘CD4 count’.
CD4 Count test is a laboratory test that shows how well the
immune is working and the strongest predictor of HIV progression.
According to him, data has shown that by the end of 2015, no
fewer than 800,000 people living with HIV and AIDS are on anti -retroviral
treatment. “After adopting the policy in 2016, the number of people enrolled on
treatment increased; in the first quarter of the year, 82, 000 people were
enrolled on treatment.”
He said that between now and the end of 2017, 328,000 people
living with HIV and AIDS were expected to be enrolled on treatment.
He said if similar trend continues, it means by the end of
2018, one million five hundred thousand Nigerians will be on treatment which is
a right direction towards ending HIV and AIDS in the country.
“When I assumed office as the UNAIDS country director in
March 2013, the number of people on treatment for HIV/AIDS were below 500, 000.
“I am leaving Nigeria as an accomplished man because as of
this June, we have more than one million people on treatment,’’ he said.
NAN
Over 1, 366, 383 people living with HIV and AIDS in Nigeria were
enrolled on the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) treatment which
was held on march 2017.
Dr Bilali Camara, UNAIDS Country Director, told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that Nigeria was able to achieve the progress
because it adopted the` test and treat policy’. The country director said that
the policy ensure that people who tested positive were enrolled on treatment
regardless of their ‘CD4 count’.
CD4 Count test is a laboratory test that shows how well the
immune is working and the strongest predictor of HIV progression.
According to him, data has shown that by the end of 2015, no
fewer than 800,000 people living with HIV and AIDS are on anti -retroviral
treatment. “After adopting the policy in 2016, the number of people enrolled on
treatment increased; in the first quarter of the year, 82, 000 people were
enrolled on treatment.”
He said that between now and the end of 2017, 328,000 people
living with HIV and AIDS were expected to be enrolled on treatment.
He said if similar trend continues, it means by the end of
2018, one million five hundred thousand Nigerians will be on treatment which is
a right direction towards ending HIV and AIDS in the country.
“When I assumed office as the UNAIDS country director in
March 2013, the number of people on treatment for HIV/AIDS were below 500, 000.
“I am leaving Nigeria as an accomplished man because as of
this June, we have more than one million people on treatment,’’ he said.
NAN
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