Nigeria: NACA Boss Explains Drop in HIV/Aids

Chairman of the National Action Committee on HIV/AIDS, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin has attributed the recent 1.4 per cent drop in the disease prevalence nationwide to increasing political and financial commitment by the government and donor agencies. He said Nigeria, with an estimated 2.9 million people living with the HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) had received $180 million (about N23 billion) from the Global Fund Against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, despite its suspension of a $50 million (about N6.4 billion) grant to the country.