The Kano Zonal Programme Manager of FHI/GHAIN, Muhammed Tijjani, has said that over 300,000 persons are living with HIV/AIDS in Kano.

, saying currently GHAIN gives free treatment to 6,000 patients, while over 80,000 patients benefited from GHAIN.

Tijjani told Sunday Trust after the HIV/AIDS Operational Task Team meeting on Friday in Kano that these figures were from a survey carried out in 2005.

Also speaking to our correspondent on the same issue, Kano State commissioner for Health, Hajiya Aisha Kiru, said that given the efforts of the present administration, the rate of the pandemic is reducing in the state.

Kiru said the percentage of people living with HIV/AIDS has dropped from 5 percent to 3.5 percent this year, adding that when Kano State Action Committee on AIDS becomes fully operational, the prevalence of the scourge in the state will reduce.

Tijjani said that people living in rural areas find it difficult to access HIV/AIDS drugs and other services under the fold of the GHAIN programme

	1. 18-07-2008 14:43
	3000 infected in sharia state, unbelieva Am in the opinion that sharia states should be educated to believe in the existance of the disease as they believe in sharia. Guest

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	2. 07-07-2008 12:33
	300000 INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS IN KANO I"M NOT SUPPRISED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERING THE LEVEL OF SEXUAL CRIME BEING COMMITED IN KANO ON DAILY BASIS AT HOTELS,MARKETS,OFFICES,GUEST HOUSES ETC.MAY THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH GUIDE THOSE OF US THAT ARE INNOCENT OF THE VICE AND THOSE THAT REPENT AMEEN Guest

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	3. 03-07-2008 10:25
	the situation in this country will one a The big men over there should continue to employ the strategies to exploit this country.The youths are engaged in commercial sex as a result of poverty.The issue of sharia should not come in at all, the sharia is only catching up with the common person.The true sharia will come whereby people will be judged and punshed according to the true sharia. Guest

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	4. 22-06-2008 01:09
	Aids has no boundaries Whether you adhere to the sharia or not you can still be infected by HIV more especially in society where there are many commercial berbers and nail cutters Guest

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	5. 26-05-2008 00:22
	Why are you in disbelief? When you say sharia what do you mean?Its the same people that govern this sharia law that are engaging in adultry and even gay sex.You look around kano all you see is poverty when Nigeria exports oil and the current crude oil price where is the money going? Guest

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	6. 15-05-2008 16:18
	Haba GHAIN Haba, this is unbeliveable how can u tell us that over 300,000 people are infected with HIV. A state is govern by SHARIA. Guest

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	7. 15-05-2008 13:29
	Haba GHAIN It\'s true unless we eschew fornication as ordained by Allah (SWT).Moreover we should improve our concern,care and support to people living with HIV/AIDs, and we should maitained our personal hygeine habit,interm of barbing saloon,and other means in using sharp objects. Guest

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	8. 08-05-2008 09:59
	300,000 infected with HIV/AIDS in Kano Innalillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raji'un! Oh Allah come to our rescue, free us from the bondage of this tragedy. And people should know that, no matter how useless advertisement urging people to use condom and/or to stand ONLY for one woman, wallahi things will not change unless we eschew fornication as ordained by Allah. Guest

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	9. 04-05-2008 17:55
	she should be interrogated Am of the opinion that she is impersonsting someone 'cos a gradute should at least be able to make a correct sentence in English language, even if it means rehearsing what to say at intervals. The case should be properly looked into. Guest

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