Aids in Nigeria
AIDS has become a huge social problem in Nigeria today. The rate of HIV infection in Nigeria is around 5. ... The population of Nigeria is between 110 and 120 million and of that an estimated 3 million are living with HIV/AIDS. In the areas of Nigeria that are most effected, mainly in the urban centers, the prevalence rates range from 15 percent among the adult population to 20 percent in pregnant women. Unfortunately, the epidemic is staking a claim to the future of Nigeria going by the 70 percent infection rates among adults ages 20 through 39. ... One possible reason for AIDS being so high is because Nigeria has one of the highest rates of unsafe blood transfusions it the world. In some hospitals located in Nigeria, 60% of blood transfusions may not be properly tested for the disease.