The Senate on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to ensure
adequate funding of the National Agency for the Control of Aids
(NACA) for the fight and control of the spread of the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the country.
This was even as the upper chamber appealed to Nigerians not to
stigmatize and discriminate against persons living with the virus,
as well as advised all adults to know their HIV status by
subjecting themselves to screening.
Accordingly, the Senate also called on the private Sector in the
country to embrace the fight against HIV/AIDS by partnering with
Government to fund the exercise.
These were resolutions reached by the Senate after consideration
of a motion on “World Aids Day” sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi
(PDP, Enugu North).
Utazi, who brought forward his motion through orders 42 and 52
of the Senate Standing Rules, said there are fears in the HIV
community that intervention funders may leave Nigeria soon for
places where the deadly virus is yet to be kept at bay.
The lawmaker stated that such fears were as a result of the
outcome of the report of the National HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact
Survey (NAIIS) unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari in March,
this year, which showed that prevalence of the virus in Nigeria
dropped from 2.8 percent to 1.4 percent among adults aged 15-49
years.
According to Utazi, out of the 1.9 million people living with
HIV in Nigeria, over a million of them are currently accessing
treatment to achieve viral suppression.
He added, “With the appreciable control of this epidemic and the
increasing expectation of further shrinking, the usual funding from
foreign donors will equally shrink leaving Nigeria to battle in
funding the management and care of people with HIV.”
Worried about the sustainability of the fight against HIV
infection and control in Nigeria, the lawmaker posited that in a
situation where funding partners pull out of the country, it would
become imperative for private sector involvement in raising the
needed fund to support government at the Federal and State
levels.
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