World AIDS Day 2013 - Getting To Zero
So the 2013 World AIDS Day is over, but this does not mean that the fight has stopped, it still continues. Friends Africa, a pan African organisation was able to test over 3000 people over the week, as part of efforts to ramp up awareness and stop new infections. They also organised a football game that saw ex Nigerian soccer stars, musicians, comedians and Nollywood actors playing together in an effort to stop stigmatization. Hundreds gathered at a mini stadium in Lagos to watch the soccer match, cheering for their favourites, while others visited the test centres set up near the pitch for people to check their status. Saka of "I don port go MTN " missed his penalty and continuously ported from team entertainment to team ex super eagles, very funny. According to the National Committee on AIDS, Nigeria has about 3.1million people living with Hiv/AIDS, with 300,000 new infections occurring yearly among people between the ages of 15 and 24. The issue of stigma has be