The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Sani Aliyu has given a new update on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence in Nigeria.
NACA DG, Dr Sani Aliyu
Aliyu said 700 people test positive and 500 people die as a result of HIV in Nigeria on a daily basis.
He made the comment at a National Council of Health event held on Thursday, January 26 in Abia state.
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Aliyu lamented that the HIV funding landscape in Nigeria is changing, adding that states should begin to take responsibility for their citizens living with HIV.
He said: “70% of our National Response is Donor funded. Private sector only accounts for about 2%. We, FG and States need to start moving away from development funds.”
Meanwhile, a professor of haematology and transfusion medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Professor Suleiman Akanmu has revealed that out of the 3.2 million people reportedly suffering from HIV in Nigeria, only 900,000 have access to treatment.
The situation is currently raising concerns especially with a growing incidence of resistance to anti-retroviral medications in the country.
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In another development, graduates of BSc. Nursing in Nigeria can now start 1-year internship in hospitals in 2017 according to the recommendations from the event.
Accordingly, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria expects all nurses and midwives to undergo compulsory 1-yr rural posting.
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