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CONTEXTThere has been a steady rise in Nigeria's HIV/AIDS burden since the first sero-prevalence survey in 1991. Nigeria's economy is mainly dependent on oil that comes from the Niger Delta Region. The majority of the people of the Niger delta region depend on fishing and farming for livelihood. Years of oil exploration activities with frequent oil spillages have led to severe environmental degradation with resultant destruction of farmlands and aquatic flora and fauna. The situation of the people of Niger Delta is characterised by poverty, high fertility and disease.ISSUEOil has become, to the people of the Niger Delta region a doom that has contributed in no small measure to the AIDS boom in the region. The relationship between such a burden and poverty has been forged by years of official neglect, and the presence of foreign workers. In addition, young Nigerians are drawn to the Niger Delta region by the oil economy, searching for non-existent jobs. Within Nigeria, the states of the Niger Delta region bear the burden of the spread of HIV/AIDS, and the region's poverty amidst plenty, has a negative impact on the population.LESSONSThe article concludes that the HIV/AIDS burden of the region deserves urgent and special attention because it has far-reaching implications, not only for control efforts in Nigeria, but also for the rest of the world, as nationals of various countries find employment in its oil fields. A number of recommendations are made.

Oil doom and AIDS boom in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria