World AIDS Day 2020 – US Invests $6bn On HIV/AIDS In Nigeria
United States, U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, PEPFAR, said yesterday it has invested more than $6 billion in national HIV/AIDS response in Nigeria alone since 2003. The theme for this year’s World AIDS Day is ‘Resiliency in HIV programming in the Context of COVID-19’. “More than 8.2 million people have received HIV counseling and testing services, more than 1.2 million pregnant women received HIV testing and counseling toward prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. “Approximately 1.2 million people living with HIV received support to improve quality of life, including TB/HIV care services and about 1.3 million orphans and vulnerable children received care and support services. “Equally important PEPFAR support Nigeria in the critical areas of policy development, human capacity development, and overarching health systems strengthening, including provision of state of the art laboratories and pharmaceutical warehouses, to enhance Nigeria’s health systems to tackle not only HIV/AIDS, but other diseases.