Fear of HIV scourge seizes Kano as 44 ‘prostitutes’ test positive

A report by Hisbah officials (the Sharia police) indicating that 44 out of 93commercial sex workers arrested last Sunday at Kwanar Gafan are infected with deadly HIV/AIDS, is eliciting fears of massive spread of the scourge in the area –not only among clients but among innocent housewives across Kano state.

 If a single market could harbour as much as 44 HIV infected ‘prostitutes’, how many unsuspecting clients could have contracted the virus from the victims? What factors could have been responsible for the convergence of prostitutes at the Kwanan Gafan market? What would be the fate of innocent housewives who might have contracted the disease through unfaithful partners? What steps would the state government take to checkmate further spread of the scourge to other parts of the state? These questions and others have been befuddling the minds of residents in the wake of the Hisbah report.
 
 
The Kwanar Gafan market which deals mostly in tomato business is believed to be drawing people from all parts of Nigeria and neighbouring countries like Niger, Cameroon and Chad Republics.
 
Investigations by Weekly Trust revealed that the sex hawkers usually assemble at the market about two or three weeks before the seasonal business activities commenced.
“The state Ministry of Health has been actively working with the Federal Ministry of Health and other partners to ensure that the HIV scourge is adequately addressed and brought under control.  The HIV status in Kano during the last survey was 4.4 percent which is quite low when compared with that of other states

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Posted: at 29-04-2012 06:56 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

PLEASE HELP US LORD

Posted: at 29-04-2012 06:05 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

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Posted: at 29-04-2012 06:14 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

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Posted: at 29-04-2012 07:17 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Chei

Posted: at 29-04-2012 07:35 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

hmm, HIV +? then kano government has to carry a serious general hiv test or am affraid

Posted: at 29-04-2012 07:40 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

they should inject all of them with hiv and let them die furcking boko-harams,they are all giulty

Posted: at 29-04-2012 08:04 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

If the market attract people from all over Nigeria then it means its a national problem. ... the prostitutes are not all local neither are their clients. Hmmm....distribution centre for tomatoes and HIV.

Posted: at 29-04-2012 08:31 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming

AHAAAA! 

Posted: at 29-04-2012 08:43 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

This is a very serious matter, as if 44 women were positive,than that means there are at least 44 men positive , and possibly 44 more women the spouses of such men. This really bad, and terrible for the future of that community.There should definitely be a community alert and all segxwally active people should be tested, especially the wives of the community.

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Posted: at 29-04-2012 09:43 PM (11 years ago) | Upcoming