Nigeria reaffirms free HIV treatment despite reduced US support

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has confirmed that treatment for HIV in Nigeria remains free, in spite of ongoing funding challenges.

The Director-General of NACA, Temitope Ilori, made this statement on Thursday in Asaba, Delta State, after inaugurating the Paediatric Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV Accelerated Committee (PPAC).

The committee aims to address the challenges of HIV transmission from mother to child in the state.

She…