About $8bn is required annually to sustain the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country.
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Control, Amobi Ogah, stated this at the opening of the 2024 Nigeria HIV prevention conference organised by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS in Abuja,
He noted that Nigeria can’t continue to depend on foreign aids for HIV response but need to mobilize domestic funding and take ownership of the HIV response.
He observed that Nigeria has an estimated 19.9 million people living with HIV /AIDS, while the target to eliminate Mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDS by 2030 is still far from being achieved with about 22, 000 cases of Mother to child transmission of HIV being recorded every year in the country.
Ogah stressed the need to evaluate approaches towards achieving HIV epidemic control, promote an equitable and inclusive human…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
