The survey tagged 'Nigeria
AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS)' will be carried out under the
leadership of the Ministry of Health and the National Agency for the Control of
AIDS (NACA).
About 170,000 Nigerians
will soon be participating in the largest ever HIV/AIDS survey in the world,
the Federal Government said.
Briefing newsmen yesterday
in Abuja, Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole who was represented by his
Senior Special Assistant, Community Health and Health Management, Mr Araoye
Segilola said the survey would improve the health indices of the country, and
enable government deploy resources to where they were needed most.
Director-General of NACA,
Dr Sani Aliyu, said the nationwide survey which is the 12th of its kind in the
world will start mid-June to December this year. He said it will help establish
the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and also determine the distribution of Hepatitis B
& C in the country.
He stated that the survey,
will also help to assess the uptake of HIV services at the population level and
estimate the prevalence of HIV-related risk behaviours in the 36 states of the
federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Dr Aliyu said it will also
involve conducting interviews and blood tests on voluntary participants, who
qualify to take part, in randomly selected households across Nigeria.
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