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Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to explore the issue of HIV/AIDS among a certain population group (e.g., men who have sex with men, drug users, heterosexual men, African-American women, Hispanic bisexual men, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds etc), to examine HIV/AIDS prevention efforts among this group, and to compare HIVIAIDS among this group in the US with HIV/AIDS among this group from another country. Examples of titles for your paper include "HIV/AIDS among transgender women in the US and Thailand" or "HIV/AIDS among African-American women in the US and women in Nigeria" or "HIV/AIDS among gay men over 40 in the US and gay man over 40 in the UK." Just pick a population group and a comparison country. Make sure when choosing a population group and a comparison country that you will be able to find enough peer-review journal articles on your group and your comparison country. I suggest doing a thorough search of the

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Nigeria along with Uganda and South Africa accounts for the approximately 50% of the total new HIV infection in Sub Saharan Africa. (1) UNAIDS –2017 Data book . Nigeria itself has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world. (2.)NACA---National Strategic framework on AIDS(2017-2021)Unprotected heterosexual sex accounts for 80% of new infections.(3) NACA—2015. Population of the sex workers, MSM and drug abusers accounts for 3.4% of the populations but study suggests that 32% of new infections occur in this group (4) NACA---National Strategic framework on AIDS and HIV(2017-2021)

Regarding children upto 14 years approximately 220,000 children in Nigeria were living with HIV. (UNAIDS-AIDSinfo accessed October2018 ).

Nigeria along with Uganda and South Africa accounts for the approximately 50% of the total new HIV infection in Sub Saharan Africa. (1) UNAIDS –2017 Data book . Nigeria itself has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world. (1.NACA---National Strategic framework on AIDS(2017-2021)Unprotected heterosexual sex accounts for 80% of new infections.(3) NACA—2015. Population of the sex workers, MSM and drug abusers accounts for 3.4% of the populations but study suggests that 32% of new infections occur here(4) NACA---National Strategic framework on AIDS and HIV(2017-2021)

Regarding children upto 14 years approximately 220,000 children in Nigeria were living with HIV. (UNAIDS-AIDSinfo accessed October2018 ).

Regarding PLHAs (People living with HIV AIDS) in USA the statistics derived from CDC

CDC declares approximately 38,700 people became newly infected with HIV in the United States in 2016. After about 5 years of substantial declines, the number of annual HIV infections began to level off in 2013, to about 39,000 infections per year.

The below graphical represention will be helpful in deriving the data in US

Source: CDC, HIV Incidence: Estimated Annual Infections in the U.S., 2010-2016, Feb. 2019

10,000 9,800 9,800 8.300 8,000 8,000 6,400 6,000 4,700 4,000 4,000 2,700 2,300 2,000 1.900 1.200 980 1,000 1,000 People who inject drugs African American gay and bisexual men Latino gay and bisexual men White gay and bisexual men African American heterosexual women African American heterosexual men White heterosexual women Latino heterosexual women 2010 2016

A health educator can easily councel people regarding advice of use of Condom and avoiding unprotected sex, Using New syringe while injecting drugs and availing regular HIV diagnostic testing facility . Also advising  availing Post exposure prophylaxis .when needed. among common people.