Nigeria: Rivers Spends N1 Billion On HIV/Aids

1 October 2014

Port Harcourt — Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr Sampson Parker, said in Port Harcourt yesterday that the government has spent about N1bn on drugs for HIV/AIDS patients.

The commissioner, who spoke while playing host to a team from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) also faulted claims that the state has the highest prevalence rate of the disease in the country.

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