Nigerian Advocacy Group Encourages HIV-Positive Couples To Marry, Offers Counseling, Other Services

An HIV/AIDS advocacy group in Nigeria’s Bauchi state is encouraging HIV-positive people to marry one another in an effort to prevent the virus from spreading to HIV-negative people, the AP/Google.com reports. The program is run by the Bauchi Action Committee on AIDS and offers counseling and money to couples who are living with HIV/AIDS and are planning to marry.