Seventy-one people have died of AIDS in the country with a population of 3.5 million.
AHF is the world’s largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider.
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Health commissioner Afam Obidike gave the statistics on Thursday in Awka during a media briefing to mark World AIDS Day, observed every December 1 since 1988.
Muhammad Garba, the CISHAN coordinator in Sokoto, made the call at a sensitisation in commemoration of the 2024 World HIV/AIDs Day on Tuesday in Sokoto.
He stressed that efforts should be intensified to combat HIV-related stigma, which continues to obstruct access to vital services.
The skills acquired by the beneficiaries included the production of vaseline, ointment, Izal, shampoo, dettol and liquid soap.
The test kits are being distributed to 590 health facilities to address the prolonged challenges of being out of stock.
According to him, 300,000 of the state’s general population and 186,000 pregnant women have been tested within the last 11 months.
In 2021, some 300 new HIV diagnoses were made daily across 46 of the 53 countries in Europe, including 45 each day in EEA countries, according to the WHO.
