FG Asks States To Fund Treatments Of Over 800,000 HIV/AIDS Patients

The Federal Government has urged states across the country to fund treatments of over eight hundred thousand HIV/AIDS patients in their respective states.

The Federal Government, through the National Agency for Control of AIDS, NACA, revealed that one of the key partners of the project, World Bank withdrew its funding support.

The Southwest Coordinator, Mr. Raheem Muhammed, during a stakeholder meeting held at the conference room of Osun State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS in the state capital Osogbo, said that state across the country must increase the funding of treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Mr. Muhammed noted that they want all stakeholders to be actively involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS activities in the country.

Similarly, NACA lamented that lockdown introduced by countries around the world to curb the spread of COVID-19 has drastically affected the numbers of condoms in circulation.