Open AccessHIV testing among youths in a Nigerian local population
Author(s) -
CA Iyaniwura,
Omotayo Aduke Oloyede
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v25i1.28241
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , test (biology) , population , demography , hiv test , confidentiality , stigma (botany) , family medicine , turnover , environmental health , psychiatry , health facility , health services , paleontology , management , sociology , political science , law , economics , biology
Voluntary HIV testing enables infected individuals to access treatment early and adopt safe sexual practices. Young people aged 15-29 have the highest prevalence of HIV in Nigeria. Yet most of them remain untested.