Apr 25, 2024 · Nigeria has the highest number of annual HIV infections among children in the world (14% of the global total). Progress in this area is slow: between 2010 and 2020 Nigeria reduced mother-to-child HIV transmission by 15%, compared to a …

According to the latest UNAIDS estimates (2023 data, published in the 2024 Global AIDS Report), in Nigeria, 75 000 people were newly infected with HIV (an incidence of 0.34 per 1000 uninfected population). 2.0 m people were living with HIV (prevalence of 1.3% among adults aged 15-49, 0.5% among young women aged 15-24, 0.3% among young men aged ...

The HIV epidemic in Nigeria is complex and varies widely by region. In some states, the epidemic is more concentrated and driven by high-risk behaviors, while other states have more generalized epidemics that are sustained primarily by multiple sexual partnerships in the general population.

HIV situation In Nigeria The prevalence of HIV among adults in Nigeria aged 15±0 49 in 2022 was estimated at with a higher rate for females than males (175% vs. NigeriaS incidence-to-prevalence ratio in was while the benchmark for epidemic control is a ratio at (3 H V infections per 100 people N.'ing with HIV per year).

Nigeria currently ranks fourth in the world with regards to HIV burden. Nigeria has a generalized HIV epidemic with the highest HIV burden in West and Central African sub-region. The country has an estimated 1.8 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) (2019 Spectrum estimate) and an estimated 107,112 new HIV infections

Nigeria has the world’s second highest burden of HIV/AIDS, with an estimated three million people living with HIV (PLHIV) and 190,950 new infections recorded in 2015. Nigeria’s HIV epidemic is generalized, with extensive regional variations in prevalence.

This paper analyses descriptively the HIV epidemiology in Nigeria based on the sentinel surveillance system in place. Recently, it is estimated that about 3, 229, 757 people live with HIV in Nigeria and about 220, 393 new HIV infections occurred in …

In Nigeria, the HIV epidemic ranks as the second highest across the world, with over 1.9 million people currently living with HIV, with current evidence revealing incidence as 8.0 per 10 000 persons across both genders and age groups, and a current prevalence of 1.4% among adults aged 15–49 years4. For HIV, drivers for incidence in the ...

Aug 17, 2019 · Nigeria has the second-largest HIV epidemic in the world and one of the highest rates of new infection in sub-Saharan Africa. The country continues to fall short of providing the recommended number of HIV testing and counseling sites compounded by low levels of access to antiretroviral treatment .

According to NARHS 2012, the current HIV prevalence in the general population is 3.4%. HIV prevalence is relatively higher in some high burden states, such as Abia (7.3%), Akwa Ibom …