The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, has disclosed that over 103,080 Nigeria children require and live on anti-retroviral drugs to stay alive as a result of their HIV status.
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The world body revealed that, out of six million annual new births in Nigeria, over 56, 681 are. HIV positive.
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This was made known by HIV/AIDS specialist at the UNICEF 'A' Field Office, Dr. Femi Adeyemi, at a three day Zonal Networking Meeting for Media Practitioners on Public Advocacy and Alliance Building for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, held in Makurdi.
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Dr. Adeyemi, who took an overview and update on prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in the country, lamented that, of the 2.9 million HIV prevelence rate in the country, 1.7million were women.