Nigeria: Global Fund Increases Funding for HIV/Aids in Nigeria

18 April 2013

The battle against the mother-to-child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquire Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) may have received a boost with the release of additional 25million dollars to 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Global Fund.

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Prof. John Idoko who disclosed this in Awka, Tuesday during a courtesy visit to the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi noted that the main objective of NACA and other agencies in the country was the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of the virus.

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