Could Nigeria’s HIV rate be just half what was thought?

A health worker examines a man during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on World AIDS Day at the Kuchingoro internally displaced people’s camp in Abuja, Nigeria. Photo by: REUTERS/Afol

The preliminary results of one of the largest HIV surveys ever undertaken suggest the disease could be just half as prevalent in Nigeria as previously thought.

Africa’s most populous country had already been marked as successful in reducing its rate from 3.7 percent in 2002 to 2.8 percent in 2017, according to estimates from the United Nations’ dedicated agency UNAIDS.  Read More