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United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said that 75 per cent of new HIV infections among adolescents globally occurred in girls. Celine Lafoucriere, Chief of UNICEF Field Office for South West Nigeria disclosed this in a statement to newsmen to mark the 2024 International Day of the Girl. Lafoucriere, who described the theme of this year, “Girls’ Vision for the Future,” as apt, noted that it reflected the findings from a UNICEF analysis, which showed that girls are not only courageous in the face of challenges but hopeful for the future. She opined that the number of adolescent girls (one in …

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