Revealed! You Won’t Believe How Much Nigeria Spent To Treat 1 Million HIV Patients In 13 Years

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Aliyu Gambo, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, has said that Nigeria has spent about $6.2bn in identifying and treating close to one million HIV patients in Nigeria, The PUNCH reports.

He disclosed this on Wednesday during the launch of the national domestic resource mobilisation and sustainability strategy in Abuja.

He said; “Between 2005 and 2018, about $6.2 billion was spent to identify close to one million people living with HIV in this country and place them on treatment.

“However, 80 per cent of this money came from international donors and development partners, only 18 per cent was contributed by the federal and state governments and one per cent came from the private sector.”

Aliyu said it was essential for national and state stakeholders to assume greater ownership of the HIV response including financing and strong accountability structures, adding that he was committed to mobilising local resources towards achieving the agency’s objective,

He said the strategy, which is designed to run from 2021 to 2025, is needed to monitor the use of the funds that are raised and to ensure that they are spent on activities that will continue to have a real impact on people living with HIV/AIDS.

He said the initiative would reduce the over-dependence on international funding and help towards ensuring the availability of sustainable resources for the implementation of programmes to meet the 95:95:95 HIV target by 2030.

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