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December 08, 2003

AIDS in Nigeria: "Vivian Nyoko wears a low cut white top and tight denims as she perches on a dirty plastic chair outside a bar on a potholed rubbish-strewn dirt road in central Abuja, trying to lure clients...

"Of course I am scared of Aids. But what am I to do?" Nyoko says, sipping from a beer bottle... "Of course I must make sure that men wear condoms when we have sex. Some men don't want to wear a condom, but then I fight them - I am not stupid, I am not going to kill myself."

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David Steven @ December 8, 2003 02:59 PM

Comments (8)

The government is largely to blame for the situation. poverty abounds because the nation's wealth has not been evenly re-distributed.the result is what we are now witnessing in social upheavals,religious tension and HIV scourge. But the menace of HIV has been overblown owing to the large population.what we should be talking about is public enlightenment and other preventive measures.

oghogho @ December 8, 2003 03:30 PM

Africa is really the continent touch by AIDS. Population have to be inform about this and all the protections existing. The more difficult is to persuade people to use condoms...

Clandestina @ December 8, 2003 04:08 PM

Hello,
i will luv 2 know the no of poeple that are presently ifected with HIV/aids in Nigeria and most expecially Ondo State nigeria.
Will look forward to reading from you thanx

Dele @ January 20, 2004 12:29 PM

Condoms doesn't give a 100% safety from AIDS.U can't say because u are wearing a bullet proof,u should voluntarily walk into a battle field where guns and bombs are it's weapons.Abstinence is the answer.Remember,Some ondoms have holes!

Scholar Patrick Baye @ January 20, 2004 07:21 PM

My interest is that i want to know the populatione of people with aids and how it can be prevented apart from using condom. How do one get over with this shit.

Stanley @ February 14, 2004 09:42 AM

I think that people who do have sex dont know that they have it, or the other person has it. someone should take control of the situation, get free tests, give out free condoms and eduacate adults and teenagers of the dangers and life threatening situations.

sweet blonde @ February 17, 2004 06:01 PM

Do people really have to be prostitutes to survive in Nigeria given the govt. lack of awareness or self interest?

Kemisola Bamidele @ February 21, 2004 11:55 PM

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