RIVERS State has the highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS with a total of 145,236 adults and 15,000 children affected.
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Priscillia Shu, Co-ordinator, Rhema Care Integrated Development Centre stated this when the HIV AIDS awareness center facilitated a sensitisation programme among staff of the Rivers State Ministry of Culture and Tourism .
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To curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, the awareness campaigner stressed the need for abstinence and faithfulness to one uninfected partner at the event.
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She also advised on the need to avoid use of unsterilized sharp instruments and ensure that only screened blood are transfused.
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Shu recalled that the epidemic first came to lime-light in America in the 80s then gradually crept into Nigeria in 1988 in Calabar through a 13 year old teenage girl.