Nigeria Country Brief

Author:
Olusina Falana, Nigeria Project Director
Publisher:
AED SMARTWork Program
Publication Date:
16 December 2003
Tags:
HIV-Aids and STDs, Nigeria

Over 3.5 million Nigerians, or an estimated 5.8 % of the country’s population, are living with HIV/AIDS. Nigeria’s prevalence rate exceeds the ‘take-off’ point of five percent, after where opportunities to curtail the epidemic’s rapid growth quickly diminish. Government and employers within Nigeria are beginning to respond to the burgeoning epidemic, but much remains to be done.

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