The Federal Government has restated it’s commitment to scale up efforts to eliminating new infections among children by ensuring continued access to antiretroviral therapy, expanding HIV testing and counselling and, prevention programmes.
The Honourable Minister of State For Health made Iziaq Adekunle Salako disclosure at the commemoration of Worlds Aids Day organized by the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare in conjunction with the National Agency For The Control of Aids.
This years World’s AIDS Day commemoration is themed: ” Take the Rights Path: Sustain the HIV Response and Stop HIV among Children to End AIDS in Nigeria By 2030.
The Minister asserted that with over 1.9 people living with HIV in Nigeria, including approximately 150,000 children, the Federal Government will sustain its efforts to ensuring continued access to antiretroviral therapy for those living with HIV, expanding HIV testing and counselling.
