ML Reveal: NO fewer than 700,000 Nigerians between ages 15 and 32 are living with HIV/AIDS,

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS ( UNAIDS) Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibe has said speaking in Paiko community in Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sidibe said Nigeria risked the danger of new HIV infections if the youths are not well sensitised.

He said: "If we don't engage young people as actors of change, we will not stop the infection, "adding that about one-fifth of people living with HIV worldwide are in Nigeria.

"It is also estimated that only 24 per cent of young people have accurate knowledge that could help them adopt behaviours to reduce the risk of HIV transmission," he added.

He called on the Federal Government to speed up the passage of the bill prohibiting stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS.
"People are suffering more from stigma, discrimination and exclusion than even from the disease," he added.