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Nigeria has adopted its revised National Strategic Framework on HIV and AIDS 2019-2021 to guide the country's future response to HIV. He follows the results of a new survey that shows that the prevalence of HIV in the country is 1.4%. According to previous estimates, the prevalence of HIV in Nigeria was 2.8%.
The results of the National Survey of Indicators and the Impact of HIV / AIDS in Nigeria (NAISS) were unveiled at a special event held in Abuja, Nigeria on March 14, in the presence President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé. In his speech, Mr Sidibé congratulated the president for his leadership in leading the country's response to the HIV epidemic. Nigeria has tripled the number of people on HIV treatment since 2010 and has adopted a test and treatment policy in 2016.
A better understanding of the epidemic in the country through the results of the survey will make it possible to invest more effectively in the HIV response and plan more effectively for HIV prevention, care and treatment. This will enable a population-location approach to provide services to people in areas where they are most needed.
During his three-day visit to Nigeria, Mr. Sidibé met with the Minister of Health, Isaac F. Adewole, to discuss the progress, gaps and challenges of the AIDS response and pledged support for the AIDS response. UNAIDS in Nigeria for the implementation of the new framework. Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigerian Foreign Minister, and Mr Sidibé signed a new cooperation agreement to strengthen relations between UNAIDS and Nigeria.
Mr Sidibé also paid a courtesy call on the wife of the country's president, Aisha Buhari, to formalize and extend her appointment as UNAIDS special ambbadador for the country. elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and promotion of treatment of children living with HIV in Nigeria.
Ms. Buhari thanked UNAIDS for extending its mandate and reiterated its commitment to a generation of children without AIDS.
"This will allow me to do more to help ensure that no child is born with HIV in Nigeria," said Buhari.
Representatives of the Network of People Living with HIV / AIDS in Nigeria also met with Mr Sidibé to voice their concerns about the gaps and challenges of the country's AIDS response.
The national network coordinator, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said the services did not reach the poorest people too much. It solicited UNAIDS support to strengthen the community response to the HIV epidemic and to ensure that people living with HIV, especially young people, participate in the development of policies and programs that affect their health and well-being.
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