The National Agency for the Control of Aids has revealed the state with lowest number of HIV cases in Nigeria.
National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), says Kwara is one of the states with lowest rate of HIV infection in the country.
NACA Chief Program Officer, Mr Tajudeen Arowolo stated this at the opening of Four-day Free Medical Outreach organised by the agency at Oja Tuntun, Boboko in Ilorin on Sunday.
Arowolo said that North Central geo political zone of the country was reputed to be the most endemic with the highest number of recorded cases of HIV.
“This is because of the high cases recorded in Benue, Plateau and Nasarawa states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Out of the states in North Central, Kwara has the lowest rate of HIV cases and one of the lowest in the entire country”, Arowolo said.
He said NACA has carried out similar free medical outreaches in many states of the federation with huge success.
He said NACA screened, tested and gave results to 4, 441 people in Kogi state out of the 5,000 targeted people. He said out of the 4, 441 people that were tested, only 19 women tested positive to the disease.