We have continued to make good our commitment of placing more people living with HIV on treatment annually using national resources. President Buhari noted that Nigeria’s purposeful partnership with the private sector in the response to COVID 19 pandemic had provided a readily available financing solution to leverage on to sustain the HIV response. He also expressed delight with the attendance in person of notable global key players in HIV response and from the private sector at the event and the pledges made. He said within the last 3 years, the agency has identified and placed on treatment an additional 900,000 persons living with HIV, bringing the total number of Nigerians on HIV treatment to 1.7 million. Marburg Virus: What You Need To Know About Disease Recently Detected In West AfricaBuhari launches N62bn HIV Trust Fund

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 01, 2022 13:34 UTC