Lagos clarifies reports on 10,430 HIV cases in 2025

Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, LSACA, has clarified reports claiming that Lagos recorded 10,430 HIV cases successful 2025, explaining that the fig refers to persons diagnosed done expanded investigating services and not caller infections recorded wrong the year.

The bureau issued the clarification connected Tuesday pursuing media reports referencing the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare State of the Health of the Nation Report 2025, which identified Lagos among states with a precocious HIV burden.

LSACA stated that portion the reports had understandably generated interest among residents, the figures should not beryllium interpreted arsenic a abrupt emergence successful caller HIV infections crossed the state.

According to the agency, the 10,430 fig represents individuals who were identified and documented done HIV investigating programmes successful 2025, galore of whom whitethorn person been surviving with the microorganism agelong earlier they became alert of their status.

“The 10,430 cases should not beryllium interpreted arsenic 10,430 caller HIV infections that occurred successful 2025. Rather, they correspond individuals who were diagnosed and recorded done HIV investigating services during the yea...