A Survey and Assessment Report of Hiv/Aids Awareness of in North-Eastern Nigeria

Abstract

Prevention is better than Cure. The effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) global epidemic continue to emerge decades after the first wave of infection. One key aspect of controlling the epidemic is by enlightening the general public on the epidemic. That is on how it can be contracted and controlled. Since the start of the epidemic many measures have been taken by government and non-governmental organizations to control the epidemic but still it continued to infect and kill many people. The measures taken includes manufacturing antiretroviral drugs and therapy, using of condoms and enlightment among others. Nigeria consist of thirty-six (36) states and the federal capital territory (FCT) Abuja, and these are grouped in to six geopolitical zones. North-Eastern Nigeria consist of six states (6) namely Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states with a total population of about twenty-five million (25m), most of the people live in the rural areas where level of education is low, level of poverty is high and culture and tradition may contribute to the spread of the epidemic. Using secondary data from Federal Ministry of Health, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), State Agency for the Control of Aids (SACA) and other Non- governmental organizations, the study will find out are the people of North-Eastern Nigeria aware of HIV/AIDS? Statistical methods and techniques are used in analyzing the data.