The Lagos State Government has revealed that 135,224 residents are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).

The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, revealed this on Wednesday at the ongoing 2025 ministerial press briefing to mark the second year of the second term of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

Abayomi said that the state government has engaged over 100 religious leaders as HIV and AIDS ambassadors.

He added that on cancer, the state government has provided free screening for 154,228 patients for cervical cancer and treatment of 8,613 with thermal ablation.

He also said screenings were done for 300 for prostate cancer.

On efforts to curb the rate of diabetes and hypertension in the state, he said the government has provided 667 BP machines, 770 Glucometers, and 332 stethoscopes for general hospitals and primary health centres.

He also said the state government screened 312,927 persons for hypertension and diabetes.

He disclosed that, in Lagos with a population of 30 million, there is an estimated hypertension prevalence of 20 per cent, and 70 per cent of them are unaware

He also revealed that the obesity prevalence in Lagos is 12 per cent while diabetes prevalence is 6 per cent, with 50 per cent of them being unaware.