By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA – Adolescents and youths living with HIV in Nigeria have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps in addressing the challenges confronting the nation’s HIV response agenda which prevent them from accessing treatment services.
The adolescents, under the aegis of Association of Positive Youth living with HIV in Nigeria (APYIN), lamented that many of their members have been compelled to skip medical appointments owing to extortionist tendencies on the part of service providers and the poor psychosocial support available to them at treatment centres.
Speaking with reporters on Friday in Abuja, APYIN National Coordinator, Isah Mohammed, said: “The government of Nigeria signed an agreement with the US Government to provide counterpart funding of 25% for the HIV treatment and care but did not live up to this agreement. This has affected the provision of some laboratory services like chemistry and creatinine…
