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The Federal Government has commended the United States for approving an emergency humanitarian waiver that allows people living with HIV to continue accessing treatment funded by the US government across 55 countries, including Nigeria.
The US Department of State recently announced an executive order on an immediate 90-day funding pause for all foreign assistance, including for funding and services supported by the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief– the world’s leading HIV initiative.
US President Donald Trump recently ordered a funding pause for HIV treatment in developing countries as part of an executive order on foreign aid . As a result, the US department of state suspended the disbursement of funds from the president’s emergency plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR is providing HIV treatment for more than 20 million people living with the disease in Nigeria and globally, including 566,000 children under 15 years of age.
But the joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS in a statement on Wednesday said the US government approved a waiver that allows people living with HIV to continue accessing treatment.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, on Wednesday, however, stated that the US government approved a waiver that allows people living with HIV to continue accessing treatment.
A statement signed by the Head, Public Relations and Protocol of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Toyin Aderibigbe, said, “The Nigerian government appreciates the U.S. government waiver and is mindful of the potential change to foreign aid in the near future under the new administration. “UNAIDS welcomes this waiver from the US government which ensures that millions of people living with HIV can continue to receive life-saving HIV medication during the assessment of US foreign development assistance,” the statement reads.
“The Nigerian government would intensify domestic resource mobilisation strategies towards ownership and sustainability of the HIV response in the country with a view to reducing the risks of donor aid policy shifts to the HIV response while ensuring that the country’s strategic goals and targets in the fight against HIV are achieved.
“Through effective stakeholder collaboration, creating favourable policies, and enabling environment and advocacy to policymakers, Nigeria can still achieve the target of ending AIDS by 2030.”
It said Nigeria has the highest number of people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the West and Central African region, and over the past two decades, partners in the global AIDS response have supported the government and institutions in the country to scale up prevention, treatment, care, and support for those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
“The US government, through PEPFAR, has immensely supported Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS response over the years, particularly in sustaining the treatment of people living with HIV in Nigeria. PEPFAR Nigeria remains the biggest donor for treatment programmes in the country as their contributions cover approximately 90 per cent of the treatment burden,” it noted.
It also appealed to state governors, private sector partners, members of the National Assembly, state Houses of Assembly, civil society organisations, the media, and stakeholders to continue in their commitment and support to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

For how long will Nigeria continuously depend on donors to meet the healthcare needs of its people?

Raw divers have been given another lease

South Africa is the target. Na so they carry Israel matter for head.

MadamExcellency:
South Africa is the target. Na so they carry Israel matter for head.

First time seeing you text in Pidgin

Glad to see you loosen up a bit.

SmartPolician:
For how long will Nigeria continuously defend on donors to meet the healthcare needs of its people?

Until our politicians get tired of filling themselves up with the common wealth

SmartPolician:
For how long will Nigeria continuously depend on donors to meet the healthcare needs of its people?

it's worrisome and sad

Bmaster:
I know it's hard to zip up but please try.
It's quite hard to be stingy with your thing,but definitely you need to.
Nothing will happen to those that refuses to help out people with HIV and that includes Trump!

if at all they will hear

I thought these generation is more careful in using protection than those of 90s and 2000s when young men and women were dropping dead in millions as a result of aids I did not know they are merely survivng by USA free HIV drugs.
May God save humanity.

MadamExcellency:
South Africa is the target. Na so they carry Israel matter for head.

South Africa doesn’t depend on donors for its people, the usaid was mainly support the immigrants since South Africa give free healthcare to immigrants illegal and legal. So for South Africa they will just have to stop free healthcare to foreigners especially Zimbabweans who go to south just for those services. The same Nigerians who are praising Trump will call south xenophobia for prioritising their own.

Something tells me that some brilliant Nigerians should get an alternative just in case trump changes his mind in future.