The Anambra State Government has said no fewer than 50 homosexual and 618 prostitution spots exist in the state.
The areas have been described as HIV and AIDS high-risk targets in the state.
The Director of the state’s AIDS Control Agency, Dr. John Ndibe,who disclosed this on Monday in Onitsha, Anambra State, stated that the government would use its limited funds to target such spots and ensure that the operators were educated on the need to protect themselves and their clients against the deadly scourge.
He said the agency, as a co-ordinating agency on HIV and AIDS activities, was committed to making sure that it gets the mother-to-child transmission of HIV and AIDS to a zero level in the state as directed by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The areas have been described as HIV and AIDS high-risk targets in the state.
The Director of the state’s AIDS Control Agency, Dr. John Ndibe,who disclosed this on Monday in Onitsha, Anambra State, stated that the government would use its limited funds to target such spots and ensure that the operators were educated on the need to protect themselves and their clients against the deadly scourge.
He said the agency, as a co-ordinating agency on HIV and AIDS activities, was committed to making sure that it gets the mother-to-child transmission of HIV and AIDS to a zero level in the state as directed by President Goodluck Jonathan.