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24m Africans HIV Positive, Says Akinkugbe

AllAfrica.com:
Some 24 million Africans are currently known to have tested positive to the deadly HIV virus which is responsible for the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Chairman, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan and Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Professor Oladipupo Olu Akinkugbe, revealed this yesterday at a commemorative lecture to mark the 10th anniversary of the transition of eminent expert in development Economics, late Professor Ojetunji Aboyade.

Akinkugbe told the distinguished gathering of scholars, experts and businessmen at the Development Policy Centre (DPC),Ibadan ,Oyo State founded by the late economist that the African HIV infection data is the highest of all the continents.

According to Akinkugbe, who delivered the anniversary lecture titled "Undeserved Yet Undeserved," pointed out that the figure is quite alarming when viewed against the fact that the global HIV infection figure to date stands at 35 million people.