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FG Committed To Terminating HIV By 2030 As Nigeria Ranks Number 1 Globally Of Infected Babies

Committed to putting an end to HIV/AIDS by 2030, the Federal Government has assured that it would therefore sustain HIV prevention and treatment activities nationwide by providing sufficient resources.

Speaking during the launching of the Faith- based Action for Scaling up of Testing and Treatment for Epidemic Response project in Nigeria, Minister of State for Health, Senator Adeleke Mamora , said that Nigeria has the highest number of babies infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

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The project is sponsored by the Catholic Relief Services and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention .

The project director in Nigeria , Dr Emeka Anoje, said the programme being implemented in the seven states of Rivers , Benue, Delta , Enugu, Imo, Nasarawa and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja .

“ The project is designed to accelerate progress in pediatric HIV diagnosis and treatment in countries that have high unmet need for child and adolescent antiretroviral therapy. These countries include Nigeria , Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia , ” Anoje added .

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