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400,000 drug users spread HIV through needles, syringes in Nigeria – NACA
The Director-General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Gambo Aliyu, said on Wednesday 400,000 Nigerian drug users spread HIV in the country through shared needles and syringes.
Aliyu stated this during the presentation of the report on Assessment of Pilot Needle and Syringe programme for people who ingest drugs in Nigeria.
He stressed that sharing of needles and syringes among drug users remained the greatest cause of HIV and Hepatitis spread in Nigeria.
Aliyu said: “People who ingest drugs constitute the significant group that lives with and spread HIV.
“The pilot strategy is to ensure that people who ingest drugs don’t exchange needles or syringes to reduce the spread of HIV.”
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