The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says its recent finding has identified about 3,500 male s*x workers within the Abuja city centre alone.
The agency added that it is worried by this figures because over 60 percent of these men are married raising the concern of spouse HIV transmission.
At its maiden lecture on Thursday to mark this year’s World AIDS day in Abuja with the theme- Strategies for Ending AIDS in Nigeria by 2030, the Director General of NACA, Professor John Idoko said the agency is now targeting hotspot areas in its drive to end the HIV epidemic.
"Within FCT, we found that if we focus resources in three council areas of Gwagwalada, Bwari and Abuja Municipal, we would have covered a greater population of persons with HIV within the area.”
Idoko said the agency is doing a lot to try and reduce contact between infected and uninfected persons.
Also, a study NACA shows that some married ladies are now sleeping with their husband and other men.
The agency added that it is worried by this figures because over 60 percent of these men are married raising the concern of spouse HIV transmission.
At its maiden lecture on Thursday to mark this year’s World AIDS day in Abuja with the theme- Strategies for Ending AIDS in Nigeria by 2030, the Director General of NACA, Professor John Idoko said the agency is now targeting hotspot areas in its drive to end the HIV epidemic.
"Within FCT, we found that if we focus resources in three council areas of Gwagwalada, Bwari and Abuja Municipal, we would have covered a greater population of persons with HIV within the area.”
Idoko said the agency is doing a lot to try and reduce contact between infected and uninfected persons.
Also, a study NACA shows that some married ladies are now sleeping with their husband and other men.
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