Nigeria has the 2nd highest HIV/AIDS population in Africa- UNAIDS

The UNAIDS coordinator for Nigeria, Mr Bilali Camara, said that Nigeria has the second highest number of people infected with HIV in Africa, after South Africa.
See excerpt of his detailed interview with The Daily Independent:
  "Generally speaking, I will say that we went from one case in 1986 to close three million cases in 2014. It means really that there has been serious increase in the situation in terms of number of People Living with HIV. The reality is simple. Nigeria is second to South Africa. That is the country that is most affected by HIV in Africa,"

"HIV in Nigeria is a problem. As you know, any problem in a large population is really a big problem. If you look at epideological marks, in terms of prevalence or incidence, we can say that the prevalence, as compared to many of the countries in Southern Africa or even Western Central Africa, is not really extraordinarily high. But, as I said, any problem with a big population, it is a serious problem.

"Having said that, when we look at the incidence in the past 10 years, that is from 2003 to 2013, the reality is that we were able to reduce the incidence by 54 per cent. It means really that new cases, which had been translated between, say 2003 and 2013, were also reduced by 37 per cent. It means, generally speaking, that the country is not doing very badly in terms of progress against HIV. When we look at prevalence among young people, specifically among young women, you find that there is 33 per cent decline in terms of the prevalence among that population.

"In terms of clearly how to explain all of this, work has been done, we really have to admit it and despite the fact that many times, people will believe that the work is not at the pace, which it should be, which is true, but the reality is that we are moving.

"We are moving specifically in three major areas. One is Treatment, the second is Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) and the third is Testing.