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To: elmatador who wrote (53594)	8/15/2009 11:32:31 AM
From: carranza2	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217860

You were lucky not to get infected. Unprotected sex with a Nigerian woman of questionable HIV status is the equivalent of playing Russian roulette. Perhaps the most insanely stupid thing you have ever done in your entire life. avert.org Another contributing factor to the spread of HIV in Nigeria is the distinct lack of voluntary and routine HIV testing. In a 2003 survey, just 6 percent of women and 14 percent of men had ever been tested for HIV and received the results15. In 2005, only around 1 percent of pregnant women were being tested for HIV16. In 2006 president Obasanjo publicly received an HIV test and counselling on World AIDS Day in order to promote the services and information available to people in Nigeria. He stated on the day, “A great majority of Nigerians have now come to accept the reality of AIDS”17. However, the statistics show that the Nigerian government desperately need to scale up HIV testing rates in order to bring the epidemic under control. Cultural practices Women are particularly affected by the epidemic in Nigeria. In 2006 UNAIDS estimated that women accounted for 61.5 percent of all adults aged 15 and above living with HIV18. Traditionally, women in Nigeria marry young, although the average age at which they marry varies between states. A 2007 study revealed that 54 percent of girls from the North West aged between 15-24 were married by age 15, and 81 percent were married by age 1819. The study showed that the younger married girls lacked knowledge on reproductive health, which included HIV/AIDS. They also tend to lack the power and education needed to insist upon the use of a condom during sex. Coupled with the high probability that the husband will be significantly older than the girl and therefore is more likely to have had more sexual partners in the past, young women are more vulnerable to HIV infection within marriage.