Kwamitin Kula da Cutar AIDS ta Kasa (NACA) ta bayyana cewa a shekarar 2023, kimar ce dake da damuwa ta faru inda aka ruwaito mutuwar yara 15,000 saboda cutar AIDS a Nijeriya. Wannan bayani ya fito ne daga rahoton UNAIDS na shekarar 2023 da NACA ta ambata a wani taro da aka gudanar domin karrama Ranar Duniya da ke nuna damuwa game da cutar AIDS.
Director General na NACA ya ce kimanin yara 160,000 masu shekaru 0-14 a Nijeriya suna raye da cutar HIV, tare da sabon kamuwa da cutar a shekarar 2023 ya kai 22,000. Haka kuma, aka ruwaito mutuwar yara 15,000 saboda cutar AIDS a shekarar da ta gabata.
Gwamnatin tarayya ta gudanar da taro na tunawa da wanda aka rufe da shagulgula domin karrama waÉ—anda suka rasu saboda cutar AIDS. A taron, an kira da a ci gaba da himma don kawar da cutar AIDS nan da shekarar 2030.
