Claim: An X user made some claims about Nigeria's HIV status and awareness level, including infant rate and transmission data.
Fact-check: X user's statistics on Nigeria's HIV status, inaccurate - Dubawa
Verdict: insufficient evidence. nigeria recorded approximately 21,000 new child hiv infections in 2020, accounting for 14% of the global data from the unaids. however, the data did not capture recent efforts to curb the spread of the disease in the country, a factor expected to impact the total statistics. there is also no recent data on the claim.
Organisation: Dubawa
Author: Phillip Anjorin
Date published: 2024-09-14T06:41:15