A Nigerian female doctor has raised serious concerns over the recent surge in HIV cases in Abuja and Lagos.
Speaking out, she said, “This is an advice from me to you: if you're in any sexual relationship with anyone, please go to the hospital as you are watching this video and request a test for HIV.” She added, “The rate of HIV now in Lagos and in Abuja is overwhelming.”
According to her, she recently attended a symposium organized exclusively for doctors. At the event, an NGO that conducts HIV screenings presented data collected from hospitals across the country. Each hospital submitted their records of HIV-positive patients, and the results were alarming. She recalled that the prevalence rate was around 5% in 2020, but it has now reportedly skyrocketed to over 75%. This suggests, she emphasized, that approximately one in every ten people may now be living with HIV. Statistics, she said, indicate that the highest rates are found in Lagos and Abuja.
In her words, “Sometimes, protection doesn't help. I don't want to go into detail, but the whole essence of this video is that, if you're in a sexual relationship with someone, it doesn't matter if the person is your husband, it doesn't matter if the person is your wife. If your husband could have side chicks, if your wife could have side niggas, your girlfriend could have other boyfriends, your boyfriend could have other girlfriends — you know, I will just advise you to carry two legs and go to the nearest laboratory and test for HIV. It's better to know early, to know if you have it or not. And if you do not have it, be more careful because it is rampant and it's spreading rapidly. I am telling you that it is very bad. That symposium was something where the figures they gave were built on evidence.”
Continuing, she urged, “So please, it doesn't matter if you're married. You don't know what your husband is doing, you don't know what your wife is doing. You only know yourself — you don't know your partner. You can't know them too well like that. And even if you know them, this is something that should be done every six months. Please go to the nearest laboratory, go and test for HIV…”
She encouraged viewers to watch the full video and take her advice seriously. Recounting more of what she learned, she said there had been about a 50% increase in HIV cases from the previous year.
In her closing remarks, she stressed: “Before entering any sexual relationship, please always go for an HIV test. Sometimes, protection may fail in preventing HIV transmission, so we need to be extremely careful.”
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