In Nigeria, private organizations, including the media, are heeding the call to take ownership of the HIV and AIDS response. Rivers state radio station Cool/Wazobia FM/Nigeria Info has shown commitment to the cause, signing a deal in July 2016 to provide HIV-related programming over the next two years.
Photos from the training workshop, “Health Care Financing Training for HFG-Supported States” held in Lagos, Nigeria, from June 27-July 1, 2016.
As the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) got underway in Durban, South Africa, UNAIDS warned in a new report that declines in new HIV infections among adults have stalled and are increasing in some regions. The report also highlights the financing gap, citing data that show overall donor funding has dropped to its lowest levels since 2010. Increasingly, […]
Dr. Gafar Alawode serves as the Chief of Party for HFG’s field office Nigeria. From June 27 to July 1, 2016 HFG collaborated with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance Scheme, and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency to host a workshop on health care financing. The workshop brought together stakeholders from Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Lagos, and […]
Nigeria is undergoing transitions in the financing of its health sector as part of the effort to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Like many other developing countries embarking on this journey, Nigeria seeks to greatly decrease out-of-pocket spending on health services and increase government health spending per person, with the ultimate aim of improved access […]
In Nigeria an estimated 3.5 million people are living with HIV, but only half of them receive care and treatment. Donor funding accounts for more than 70% of the country’s HIV and AIDS response, but more resources are needed to sustain and expand this care. To remedy the coverage gap, Nigeria will need to mobilize more of its own resources. With support from USAID/Nigeria, HFG, and the […]
World TB Day—March 24th—is observed around the world each year as an occasion to build public awareness and mobilize political and social commitment for further progress towards eliminating the highly contagious, curable disease. With 9 million new cases and nearly 1.5 million deaths per year (most in developing countries), TB is one of the world’s […]
As international financial support for HIV and AIDS programming stagnates in countries that have the funds to support these programs themselves, ensuring the sustainability of donor-established services is of paramount importance. Nigerian states are preparing to face the challenge of sustaining the current level of funding for the HIV and AIDS response. According to the […]
In its 20th annual global report on tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organization ranked Nigeria third among the 22 high-burden countries in the world. Falling behind India and China, Nigeria ranks highest in Africa in terms of TB burden. The recently released WHO report states there are about half a million more cases of TB […]
Poster presented at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28-December 4, 2015.
