Nigeria HIV and AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS), said it had completed the ongoing HIV and AIDS survey in 11 states.

Dr Adebobola Bashorun, NAIIS’s Director in charge of Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja.

NAN reports that the Federal government launched the National AIDS survey on June 28, to determine the true distribution of HIV and AIDS, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in the country.

According to the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Sani Aliyu, the survey had a sample size of about 170,000 people across Nigeria’s 774 Local Government Areas.

Bashorun noted that two states from each geo-graphical zone in the country had been completed as data cleaning was ongoing in some other states.

“From the North East, Bauchi and Gombe had been completed with 82 per cent and 88 per cent total response rate respectively, while data cleaning was ongoing in Adamawa.

“In North Central, Nasarawa and FCT had been completed with 84 per cent and 79 per cent total response rate respectively, while data cleaning was ongoing in Kwara.

“Kano and Jigawa had been completed in the North West with 71 per cent and 86 per cent response rate respectively recorded, while data cleaning was ongoing in Kaduna.

“In the South East, Enugu and Anambra had been completed with 82 per cent and 81 per cent response rate respectively, while data cleaning was ongoing in Imo.

“From the South West, Lagos and Ogun had been completed with 73 per cent and 71 per cent response rate respectively, while data cleaning was ongoing in Ondo.

“However, in the South South only Cross River had been completed with 81 per cent response rate, while data cleaning was ongoing in Rivers.

“Community Mobilisation activities are also ongoing in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Ekiti and Ogun states,” he explained.

Bashorun acknowledged the support of the various state governments in the states visited adding that they had been supportive in the provision of logistics and venues for field teams.

“In Nasarawa State for instance, the state government provided the survey’s central medical store for commodity storage.

“The state also provided various halls for centralised and decentralised meetings, as some state officials joined in the field monitoring exercise.

“We look forward to enjoying increased support from other state governments as well as the people of Nigeria,” he said. (NAN)

– Oct. 19, 2018 @ 17:19 GMT |