LSACA’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Oluseyi Temowo, also stated that about 616, 318 persons in the state were counselled and tested within the same period.
Temowo disclosed this at a briefing being part of the activities put in place to mark the 2016 World AIDS Day on December 1.
He stated, “These statistics simply mean that there are many more people who are not aware that they have the virus, that is why knowing one’s status is very important.
“It is a common knowledge that an HIV-positive person can be symptom-free for 10 years and will continue to infect others, if not checked and treated. Being HIV-positive does not translate to death, with appropriate medications.”
Temowo said that the agency had mobilised HCT trucks and health personnels to hard-to-reach communities in the state to conduct free HIV counselling and testing.
This, he said, would enable every Lagos resident to be aware of his or her HIV status.
Temowo said that access to HCT would allow individuals to know their status and take appropriate steps to prevent HIV transmission to other persons.
He said that this would also stop the progression to AIDS through lifestyle modification and health seeking behaviour.
Temowo said Lagos was determined to achieve the global targets of eradicating of the disease by 2030.
“Achieving an AIDS-free generation requires collective efforts. This is why we are calling on government at all levels, individuals and organisations to join us in this quest to make Lagos State an HIV Free Zone.
“We implore residents to visit all government hospitals within their areas to access free HCT, while HCT trucks will move around to reach other areas for this purpose.
“We also advise people to ensure these various means of prevention – condom use, harm reduction, voluntary medical male circumcision, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, counselling and testing,” Temowo added.
From Punch.
...... LSACA’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Oluseyi Temowo, also stated that about 616, 318 persons in the state were counselled and tested within the same period.............
ReplyDeleteWith a greater percentage living on the Island 😅😅😅😅😅
Someone told me just last week that Lagos is Sodom and Gomorrah, I couldn't stop laughing.
DeleteBut maybe she had a point.
Nawaoooo
Delete😂😂
Delete9,579 out of 616,318 are tested positive, please cone to Benue and Nasarawa where out of 1000 about 200 are positive. #fact and if u doubt Google is still free
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DeleteThis is scary. Abuja nko?
They boku for luth.. just because of 5mins pleaure. The group of people I don't pity once m on duty.
DeleteStephan, but is not only contacted tru sex naa.
DeleteU don't pity them?.....
Then u are not fit to be a nurse/doctor
Stephan, its not only through sex biko.
Delete@stephan you very well should know, if you've been properly trained, that anyone can get it. Even you. And by the way, they don't need your pity. They just need you to do your fucking job well you pity-full piece of shit.
DeleteJuliet
@ stephan you are not a professional at all. Even secondary school children know there are so many ways to contact th virus apart from sex. Maybe you are a cleaner at luth.
DeleteEverybody in luth is on duty...cleaners and gatemen too, stephan mst be on of them....unfortunately working in a hospital, you are at an even higher risk
Deleteam already scared
ReplyDeleteMake una keep fornicating and sleeping together on the first visit in the name of "love at first sight". HIV/AIDS is real
ReplyDeleteIdiot ar u any beta?even if u knw gbensh on d first nyt,what of other nuts as if d criteria for getting infected is strafing on d first nyt,olodo
DeleteLol hehehe
DeleteHIV seemed unreal to me till my father tested positive.
DeletePeople need to be careful at least there is awareness now so take all the necessary precautions.
Sex is just a brief moment of pleasure, so not worth it. If you can't abstain, do the needful.
My father's own was as a result of his promiscuity.
He used to chase women as if they were going out of season.
HIV is not the end of the world and it can be managed but I would rather prevent when I can than start curing.
It is mostly contacted through sexual intercourse so people be careful!!
God help us.
Anon your prayer should be your dog of a husband shouldn't infect you. I'm sure you are married.
Delete@Anon 8:35 my father too is HIV positive. He gave it to my step mother. How did you find out about yours? My dad was secretive, we had to call his doctor who told us.
DeleteNawa ooh!
DeleteAll this promiscuous fathers!
Anony 10.21am, he was ill and wasn't getting better so after conducting all sorts of test, the doctor finally did the HIV test and he was positive. He went to have it done in a government hospital and it was positive.
DeleteHe sat us down and explained the situation. He has been using his drugs since then.
Sad thing is he has had several partners since then. How are we sure he told them about his status? How are we sure he is using a condom? What does he still want in women?
Hmmmmm
ReplyDelete616, 318, were tested, and 9, 579 came out positive, them try sef. Protection and abstinence is key.
ReplyDeleteSad! Get tested people.
ReplyDeleteWe love lying in this country. HIV statistics is on the rise. Every health worker knows that. HIV day wont stop nada. D earlier drastic measures re taken d better for everyne
ReplyDeleteis not a death sentence so they shouldn't be scared
ReplyDeleteThank God I tested -ve.
ReplyDeleteBut this AIDS don dey too much.
Try again after 6 months before you can confirm. Then consequently continue testing periodically.
DeleteSo she can one day see what she's bn lookn for abi?
DeleteTest everytime!
Wow! That's a high prevalence statistics.
ReplyDeleteI need to do another HIV test.
Did last year. And was negative.
Shivers
Don't be scared.
DeleteNnekwanu anya!
ReplyDeleteThis HIV scares me shitless.
HIV and Pneumonia.
I pray God comforts those who got it through blood transfusions et al.
I have always thought that those that have casual sex are the "bravest" since the creation of man.
No need to fear. Those who have it are no less human.
DeletePneumonia?,..
DeleteThat one is manageable nah...
Atleast their is a pneumonia vaccine for babies!,,,
But HIV is ekwensu!..
That is if they know the implications of their actions abi?lol,I quite agree with u though
DeletePneumonia scares me more. Someone close to me was affectesbut thank God for sparing her life
DeleteLinda Eze sssssshhhh your ignorance is showing!!!
DeleteObilinajocha. (AiDS)
DeleteAffected but*
DeleteAnon 10:58,Linda is right,and your own ignorance no get part 2. There is a pneumonia vaccine for babies,but there isn't a HIV AIDS vaccine.
Deletenawa ohh nd people still f*cking raw,una good luck team mermaid even if is not easy BT my legs are closed... miss hottie
ReplyDeletethe saddest part is that someone some where is fucking someone raw without knowing his/her status.
ReplyDeleteand don't give me that crap of "its not only through sex" sex still has the highest percentage in which people contact it.
guys/girls that always do opportunity fuck u better learn.
revenge sex is the most common one in town now, they are knowingly infecting people saying they won't die alone. so before you think that girl is easy n cheap to fuck, think twice.
condom is just 50 naira for fuck's sake!
***fuck responsibly***
Abi o
DeleteSpot on.
DeleteThis is the only thing that scares the hell out of me!.,.
ReplyDeleteDamn!!...
So you dey fear something, lol... Do you test your sugar boys? No vex ooo I just dey ask.
DeleteQueen y d thing scare u ? U dey fear say u go die leave ur children, well theres CURE, do am with ur hubby alone period!
DeleteCondom dey break sef!
Totally agree. In addition, honesty is the best policy. Side eyes 😒 on those who know they are positive and are sharing it deliberately - that is a crime.
DeleteSo reduce ur number of side boos so won't get infected. You always like it raw,i can testify.
DeleteHahhahaha see weak point
DeleteAm with youooo.
DeleteI cant imagine my self having such ooo
I go just jump into lagoon.
Thats why i jejely went and buy my hair products, needle and the rest, my nail stuff infact i have my own stuff to avoid stories.
Gbam gbam games..
DeleteJesu!
ReplyDeleteWahala wa.... abeg, prevention is better than cure
ReplyDeleteSo was it really necessary to add these pics. Even the blurring isn't so blurred sef. Smh
ReplyDeleteIs ur pic there?focus on d issue at hand,do nt digress OK?
DeleteTo even think some of the pple commenting on this blog r hiv positive is just absurd, go and get tested b4 u come and start urinating under this comment, I walked out of a five yrs marriage cos the fool with his small dick was way too Randy,fucking ho without condom, got tested around march, had another last week, never had sex since I left him.... I just don't see the need to.
DeleteHhhmm,i remember the first time i went for a HIV test,four years ago.tnk God fear didnt kill me before they gave me the result..i tnk God for my life,even tho i was careless sometimes ..God is a merciful God
ReplyDeleteNa WA. Men passing HIV upandan to women
ReplyDeleteGod help your children from ashewo men
Av been married for over a decade,av never cheated on my partner,who knows if he cheats?God may I never be victim of what am innocent of,av not tested dis year,will try and do testoo
ReplyDeleteall those girls always saying "and one thing leads to another, we had sex" you better borrow some brain.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is scary.
ReplyDeleteThis is one thing that scares the heck out of me.
Some evil people know they have it yet go on to share it.
The message can still be delivered without faces. If the face of someone I know is blurred I will still know it's that person.
ReplyDeleteGet tested know your status. Some blood are immune to the virus sha.
There is no blood that is immune to the virus my dear
DeleteSay what Nwa Amaka? Which blood? Except the blood of Jesus so don't allow anybody to deceive you.
DeleteNwa amaka is right. Some people are immune to hiv. No matter what, they can't be infected with the virus. About 1% of the global population is immune to the virus i.e HIV. So don't be surprised @ anonymous 9.13 and @ Ralu M
DeleteIt is true some are immune to HIV while some are carriers even if they have it they will live long
DeleteYes some are immune to HIV virus because they do not have the receptor so they can't have it.
DeleteNa wah ooooo.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless Everyone.
Odiegwu
ReplyDeleteAbstinence is still d best. It's 4 ur own good. The cleanest or cutest guy/babe may b a carrier. Say no 2 pre marital Sex and adultery if married.
ReplyDeleteChai, God help us
ReplyDeleteThank God I am celibate. No temptation will make me Gbensh till my wedding night.
ReplyDeleteThank God I am celibate. No temptation will make me Gbensh till my wedding night.
ReplyDeleteThank God for your life. Take it a step further by insisting that your future hubby does a hiv test if the church does not insist on it.
DeleteHope u did hiv test 2wice a yr before becoming celibate?
DeleteMake e no be say dose virus go Don born plenty even get great grand "shildren"
You better be scared if you gbenshing around unprotected! I tell pple to stop doing that, but they don't listen! Even when you use a condom, you still stand a risk of contracting HIV and other STI's
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, sex still has around 95:% contraction rate.
Before you go gbenshing your next catch, know that thousands of Nigerians are testing positive to HIV daily, hundreds of Lagosians are testing positive to HIV daily, and millions of Nigerians are living with the virus.
You better be scared if you gbenshing around unprotected! I tell pple to stop doing that, but they don't listen! Even when you use a condom, you still stand a risk of contracting HIV and other STI's
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, sex still has around 95:% contraction rate.
Before you go gbenshing your next catch, know that thousands of Nigerians are testing positive to HIV daily, hundreds of Lagosians are testing positive to HIV daily, and millions of Nigerians are living with the virus.
I work in a hospital though nt in Lagos state nd it pains so much that HIV is on d increase in Nigeria.i think FG should start creating more awareness again as before bcos I believe lots of people think HIV has been eradicated,they should be a wake up call on d ministry of health if not its going to be disastrous for d nation in a few years.Prevention is always better than cure
ReplyDeleteI work in a hospital though nt in Lagos state nd it pains so much that HIV is on d increase in Nigeria.i think FG should start creating more awareness again as before bcos I believe lots of people think HIV has been eradicated,they should be a wake up call on d ministry of health if not its going to be disastrous for d nation in a few years.Prevention is always better than cure
ReplyDeleteNawao this is scary
ReplyDeleteIf someone preaches about the dangers of casual sex and infidelity and tying ones legs like a mermaid or merman they almost get their heads chopped off but it doesn't change the truth or make the dangers go away. Yes I know there are countless ways to get infected but sex tops the list so go figure. You go for a manicure or pedicure or even to fix your hair and you demand for new needles yet go home and have unprotected sex with your side boo 😈 who is fooling who?
ReplyDeleteRandy ass husbands/ wives please pity your poor wife and kids who you might eventually infect and respect yourselves. What you are looking for in sokoto is in your shokoto.
Thank god hubby is reading this, I can see d fear in his face
ReplyDeleteGod protect me and my family
In other words, your horseband cheats on you with reckless abandon?
DeleteIssokay
Amen.
DeleteThe scary thing about this HIV is you can live a clean godly life, marry as a virgin. Sleep with only your husband and d person can still get infected.
ReplyDeleteThe hubby might have just even one side chick, that side chick has a main boo and that main boo has various partners.
I don't know why people can't just stick to one partner.
All these holier than thou wives that shame single girls, you might never know you may even be at more risk than them. So instead of chasing about d girls ur husband is chasing, pls also show him pepper. Advice him to use protection if you know u are married to a neighbourhood dog.
A lot of Nigerian men, even married men don't like using condom. Don't understand why ? Especially those rich old men.
Well getting tested regularly is the main thing...
ReplyDeleteYou all make it seem like sexual intercourse is the only way one contracts the disease and that's the same reason that led to its stigmatization ...
Thankfully a lot of companies do full medical including HIV before employment.
ReplyDeleteI still tested this January when I started a new job.
My issue now is the guy I am dating. We have had unprotected sex a couple of times which I'm not comfortable with. I had to go out and buy packs n packs of condoms since he has refused to buy. I dont know where he has been before meeting me or if he doesn't even have a side chick sef.
But condom no dey sweet joor. I am sha lucky.
ReplyDeleteHIV Apart from cancer is one disease that scares the hell out of me.
ReplyDeleteSo last year I had an HIV scare
I was playing with the mirror one day in my room, so I opened my mouth and I saw a whitish patch at both tonsils of the posterior part of my mouth.
That's how I just screamed, fell to the ground started crying and saying God is this how you want to end my life? So I have HIV ... even worse case is that I'm far gone. I thought the whitish substance was candidiasis. Which is seen in late stages of HIV.
That's how quickly ... that night went to the hospital ... didn't even go for testing , I just went straight to the department where they admit HIV patients that have developed infections that requires them to be secluded .
As I entered looking like a mad lady ... I was just crying asking for the nurse that she should come and start me in antiretrovirals.
😂. The nurses there started laughing @ me. Hmmm I saw patients there looking dejected and half gone.. I just walked out of the place.
As I was strolling to the emergency unit . That's how one car stopped by( in my mind I was like ... I beg ooo. Not in the mood for anybody to toast me ) . This car drove pass me like two times... the third time he had gone to reverse and stopped , and then rolled his window and was like
'Hi , are you ok? I just noticed that you look bothered '
I didn't know when i burst into tears and sat in the guy's car.... and narrated my ordeal to him. He then encouraged me and said he'll help me and said I need to get tested first .
Guess what ? I didn't know the guy was a doctor .
So he took me to the lab... the brought a psychologist to come and calm me down... that one was just saying I don't have HIV and I don't look like one ... that she knows how they look like and she talks to them all the time.
I just started crying @ her saying ' HIV doesn't show for face ... so she should tell me that.
The phlebotomist came took my blood sample.
The waiting period was the worst time of my entire 30 years on earth.
I peed ... I screamed .. I thought of my fiancé and how I may have probably infected him ... because I cheated once. I started asking God for mercy... making promises 😂
The result finally came .. and it was negative .. I didn't believe them .. I told them to show me and indeed it was negative . I went to another lab to confirm .. it was also negative. I told the guy I cheated with to do a test. He gave me the result of his test and he was negative.
I was later told I had strep tonsilitis and that was what gave me the white patch .. which later clears after I was placed on antibiotics .
Since then. !na mermaid styyle and condom.
I learnt my lesson.
Chikito this is funny😅
DeleteKwakwaakaaa kikikikii kikikikikik chickito na so dem hate you reach here.
DeleteHIV Apart from cancer is one disease that scares the hell out of me.
ReplyDeleteSo last year I had an HIV scare
I was playing with the mirror one day in my room, so I opened my mouth and I saw a whitish patch at both tonsils of the posterior part of my mouth.
That's how I just screamed, fell to the ground started crying and saying God is this how you want to end my life? So I have HIV ... even worse case is that I'm far gone. I thought the whitish substance was candidiasis. Which is seen in late stages of HIV.
That's how quickly ... that night went to the hospital ... didn't even go for testing , I just went straight to the department where they admit HIV patients that have developed infections that requires them to be secluded .
As I entered looking like a mad lady ... I was just crying asking for the nurse that she should come and start me in antiretrovirals.
😂. The nurses there started laughing @ me. Hmmm I saw patients there looking dejected and half gone.. I just walked out of the place.
As I was strolling to the emergency unit . That's how one car stopped by( in my mind I was like ... I beg ooo. Not in the mood for anybody to toast me ) . This car drove pass me like two times... the third time he had gone to reverse and stopped , and then rolled his window and was like
'Hi , are you ok? I just noticed that you look bothered '
I didn't know when i burst into tears and sat in the guy's car.... and narrated my ordeal to him. He then encouraged me and said he'll help me and said I need to get tested first .
Guess what ? I didn't know the guy was a doctor .
So he took me to the lab... the brought a psychologist to come and calm me down... that one was just saying I don't have HIV and I don't look like one ... that she knows how they look like and she talks to them all the time.
I just started crying @ her saying ' HIV doesn't show for face ... so she should tell me that.
The phlebotomist came took my blood sample.
The waiting period was the worst time of my entire 30 years on earth.
I peed ... I screamed .. I thought of my fiancé and how I may have probably infected him ... because I cheated once. I started asking God for mercy... making promises 😂
The result finally came .. and it was negative .. I didn't believe them .. I told them to show me and indeed it was negative . I went to another lab to confirm .. it was also negative. I told the guy I cheated with to do a test. He gave me the result of his test and he was negative.
I was later told I had strep tonsilitis and that was what gave me the white patch .. which later clears after I was placed on antibiotics .
Since then. !na mermaid styyle and condom.
I learnt my lesson.
Your story is funny. This is what happens when you're in the medical field.
DeleteIn Abuja, if you know how hiv is rampant, hmmmm.
ReplyDeleteMy neighbor is a nurse, she said I'll be surprised.
Lord have mercy!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe figures quoted made be shudder in fear....
Abstinence is key oo
*Faithful bv*
i used to think most people do not nuy condom because it was expensive until early this year when I found out that it was merely 50naira!!!! I was shocked??? ordinary N50.....
ReplyDeleteyet people will just be gbensing anyhow, sharing diseases and even carrying belle like sey na food....
Gold circle don advertise sotey.....yet people will not hear word. Issokay!!!
I thank God for His mercy. My job has exposed me to a lot of dangers but God has been faithful.
ReplyDeleteHiv- but died in auto accident. One thing must kill a man. Who want live for this Buhari time. Make I go Ojuelegba collect one better round. Danburuba shege to death. All die na die.
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