Nigeria, March 17 -- A former chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Akwa Ibom State, Aniekeme Uwah, has said that the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDs in the state is "worrisome and unacceptable."

The Nigerian HIV/AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) has shown that Akwa Ibom has the highest prevalence rate of HIV in the country.

About 5.5 per cent of the people living with HIV in Nigeria are in Akwa Ibom State, followed by Benue State, which has about 5.3 per cent prevalence rate, according to the findings of the survey released on Thursday in Abuja.

"The HIV/AIDs prevalence rate in our dear state is really worrisome and unacceptable, to say the least," Mr Uwah, a medical doctor, said in a statement he issued in Uyo on S...