Lagos debunks HIV figures, unveils direct ARV procurement

…Insists 10,430 cases are diagnoses, not fresh infections
By Chioma ObinnaThe Lagos State Government on Thursday dismissed widespread reports that the state recorded 10,430 new HIV infections in 2025, clarifying that the figure represents newly diagnosed cases and not fresh infections, even as it announced a historic move to directly procure antiretroviral drugs, becoming the first sub-national government in Nigeria to do so.
Addressing journalists at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in L