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21 gru 2022 · Despite the declining prevalence/low prevalence, HIV/AIDS in Nigeria remains a public health concern. Nigeria ranks 4 th in global HIV burden with approximately 1.8 million (estimated) persons living with HIV as of 2019 [18, 19, 20].
Nigeria has a generalized HIV epidemic with the highest HIV burden in West and Central African sub-region. The country has an estimated 1.8 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) (2019 Spectrum estimate) and an estimated 107,112 new HIV infections which is about 38% of new infections in West and Central African region.
21 maj 2024 · In April 2019, CDC and partners launched an HIV anti-retroviral treatment (ART) usrge. The goal was to increase HIV testing and expand access to lifesaving treatment for people living with HIV, specifically in Benue, Delta, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Lagos, Nasarawa, and Rivers, and the Federal Capital Territory.
13 cze 2024 · CDC supports Nigeria in rapidly identifying people living with HIV (PLHIV). Then, ensuring they are linked to and sustained on treatment, accelerates progress toward achieving HIV epidemic control. The ART Surge initiative commenced in April 2021 and has changed the treatment landscape in Nigeria.
18 lut 2023 · A study on HRST, index testing, and other strategies showed that the use of HRST increased the efficiency of HTS and increased HIV case detection in many states in Nigeria. 20 Community HIV testing can complement facility-based HIV testing services.
7 gru 2021 · Unconventional service delivery of the life-changing drugs to people living with HIV is helping to change the course of the disease in Nigeria, which now has the world’s fourth-largest HIV burden. It was the second-largest HIV burden in 2019.
Despite concerns about disruption to HIV care by COVID-19 and withdrawal of international funding, Nigeria eyes a sustainable, self-funded HIV programme. Paul Adepoju reports.
