Benue State Agency On HIV/AIDS Uncovers Association Of Over 400 Homosexuals

Over 400 homosexuals known as Men Sleeping with Men (MSM) exist under an organised association in Benue State and this is according to the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Agency for the Control of AIDS (BENSACA) Mrs Grace Ashi Wende.

Wende who made this disclosure yesterday in Makurdi at a one day training of media practitioners on HIV/AIDS in Makurdi, said the MSM were discovered during an epidemic appraisal carried out by Canadian partners in collaboration with BENSACA following the state government’s resolve to stem the rising trend of HIV/AIDs as shown in 2011 ANC survey.
While disclosing that “over 708,640 adults are also living with the virus in the state,” Wende also added that 318,888 children are currently living with the HIV/AIDS virus and placed on Anti Retroviral therapy.