Nigeria has lost the bid to host the 2021 edition of International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa, ICASA 2021.
The Director General of National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA Gambo Aliyu who made this known in Abuja, blamed the loss on the inability of Nigeria to massively register votes during the bidding, regretted the development but expressed optimism to hosting future ones.
He explained that NACA had greater expectations in the upcoming conference which would now take place in Rwanda from December 2ndto 7th.
The NACA Director General, however, reiterated the commitment of the agency to continue to partner donor agencies in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
The Rwanda conference theme is “AIDS FREE AFRICA – Innovation, Community, and Political Leadership”.
