Nigeria and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have signed five grant agreements worth $335 million. This is to support programmes that would aid prevention and treatment of HIV and tuberculosis in Africa’s most populous country.

The information is contained in a release sent out on Thursday in Lagos and signed by Mark Edington, Head, Grant Management Division of the Global Fund.

Mr. Edington said that the grant agreements were a critical part of the three billion dollars in 169 grants that the Global Fund has committed in 2012.

“For Nigeria, the grant agreements address a tremendous need: Nigeria has the second highest number of people living with HIV in the world and only 30 per cent of people requiring HIV treatment are receiving antiretroviral therapy.”

Mr. Edington said that the grant-signing followed the launch in October by Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, of a national program aimed at “Saving One Million Lives” by 2015 by increasing access to effective basic health services.

He said that Nigeria announced that it was committing $500 million to support the program.

“Nigeria has made some big strides and to turn back now is unthinkable, but the challenges are formidable and much remains to be done,” he said.

He said there is now an excellent opportunity for Nigeria’s government to close the funding gap for antiretrovirals.

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I believe it.
Nigerian men are waaaaaaaay too promiscuous!!!
The latest one now is to phock both mother, sister aunt and mother for rituals.