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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the
world's most devastating diseases, and to direct those resources to
areas of greatest need. As a partnership between governments, civil
society, the private sector and affected communities, the Global Fund
represents an innovative approach to international health financing.
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NIGERIA AND THE GLOBAL FUND |
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention - Nigeria
World Health Organisation - Nigeria
TB/HIV control gets boost: Joint Working Group inaugurated 5 JULY 2006 | ABUJA -- The Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria has inaugurated a joint National TB/HIV Working Group, whose terms of reference include promotion of better collaboration between TB and HIV/AIDS programmes and coordination of activities of partners working in the two areas. Nigeria, being the most populous country in Africa has the highest burden of TB on the continent and the fourth in the world. The prevalence of HIV in the country is 4.4%. Full text
Uniting the World against AIDS
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response. Cosponsors include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank. Based in Geneva, the UNAIDS secretariat works on the ground in more than 75 countries world wide.
Center
for HIV Information - Nigeria
http://www.avert.org/aids-nigeria.htm
Why is Nigeria important?
Nigeria has the biggest population in Africa with 1 in 6 Africans
being Nigerian. Although HIV prevalence rates are much lower in Nigeria
than in other African countries such as South Africa and Zambia, the
size of Nigeria's population meant that by the end of 2005, there
were an estimated 2,900,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. This is the
largest number in the world after India and South Africa.1 Nigeria
has a great deal of influence in West Africa. It is an important member
of ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) and plays
a central role in ECOMOG's (the Economic Community of West African
States Monitoring Group) peacekeeping operation. HIV/AIDS has already
badly affected Nigeria society and its economy. If the epidemic continues
at its current rate, or worsens, there could be knock on effects in
other West African countries and the whole region could be affected.
.. read more at http://www.avert.org/aids-nigeria.htm
Nigeria launches "Unite for Children - Unite against Aids"
ABUJA, Nigeria, 9 November 2005 – UNICEF, UN Agencies and government partners jointly launched the UNITE FOR CHILDREN UNITE AGAINST AIDS campaign in Nigeria, at an event held here yesterday. In addition to the various official representatives, more than 60 members of the national and international press attended.
.. read more at http://www.unicef.org/aids/index_29793.html
Nigeria In 2003, President George W. Bush announced
the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a five-year, $15 billion U.S.
Government initiative that aims to provide treatment to at least two
million HIV-infected individuals, prevent seven million new HIV infections,
and provide care and support to 10 million people living with and
affected by HIV/AIDS, including orphans and vulnerable children. To
help attain these goals, the U.S. Government is rapidly expanding
its programs and engaging new partners in 15 focus countries, including
Nigeria. Under the Emergency Plan, Nigeria will receive $55.5 million
in 2004 to support a comprehensive treatment, prevention, and care
program.
Access more information on the U.S.
Government's HIV/AIDS Program in Nigeria, 2006 [PDF, 463KB].
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Welcome to Nigeria-AIDS.org, your information source on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
Nigeria-AIDS is the website of
Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria, the award-winning media-based
non-governmental HIV/AIDS advocacy organisation.
HIV/AIDS in Nigeria Today
HIV Population: 3,994,582
New AIDS Cases: 157,720
AIDS Deaths this Year: 132,928
Estimates Updated Daily based on the 2001 National HIV/Syphilis Seroprevalence
Survey conducted by the Federal Ministry of Health and the Futures
Group AIM Model
Cross
River State Newspage
Cross
River Intensifies Fight against Malaria, HIV/AIDS (24/7/2006)
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read more at Cross
River State News Page
Official homepage of Cross River State:
www.crossriverstate.com
By 2010, Nigeria will have 10 to 15 million HIV cases. Nigeria and Ethiopia will be among the hardest hit countries, with the social and economic impact similar to that in the hardest hit countries in southern and central Africa, a United States National Intelligence Council study argues. The study highlights the rising HIV/AIDS problem through 2010 in five countries that have large populations at risk for HIV infection: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, India, and China.
Topics on World Bank website include:
WHO Assessment of the Epidemiological Situation - 2004
HIV/AIDS Impact on the Macroeconomic level
HIV/AIDS Impact on the Private Sector
Multisectoral Response
National Response
List of Contacts (Websites and useful contacts)
National Action Committee on HIV/AIDS,
HIV/AIDS Programme Development Project, Plot 795a Rudolph Close, Maitama,
Abuja. Contact person: Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, Chairman, NACA Tel
: 234-9-4131795/6, Email: osotimehin2000@yahoo.co.uk,
nptnigeria.map@linkserve.com
USAID/Nigeria, Thomas Hobgood, Mission Director, 7 Mambilla Street,
Off Aso Drive, Maitama District, Abuja. Tel: 234-1-614-412, Fax: 234-1-261-3825
UNAIDS Intercountry Team for West and Central Africa, Immeuble Avodire,
1st Floor, Rue des Jardins, II Plateaux Vallons, 04 BP 1900, Abidjan
04, Cote d’Ivoire. Tel.: (225) 22 40 44 01, Fax: (225) 22 40 44 09,
E-mail: eip.onusida@aviso.ci,
Web site: http://www.onusida-aoc.org/
Journalists Against AIDS Nigeria Web site: www.nigeria-aids.org Nigeria
Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Omatsola E. Kpiasi, Chevron Nigeria,
2 Chevron Drive, Lekki Peninsula, P.M.B. 12825, Victoria Island, Lagos.Tel:
(234) 1 260 7049, Fax: (234) 1 260 7715, E-mail: eokp@chevrontexaco.com
World Health Organization Representative, PO Box 2152, Lagos, Lagos
State, Telephone: (234) 1 290 3276, Fax: (234) 1 545 2179, Email: moudia@who-nigeria.org
Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association, Mr O.A. Oshinowo, Director-General,
Elephant Cement House, 6th floor, ASSBIFI Road, Central Business District
P.O. Box 2231, Alausa - Ikeja – Lagos, Telephone (+2341) 774 1409 /
774 2734 / 774 6352, Fax (+2341) 496 2571, E-mail neca@necang.com,
oshinowo@necang.com
Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC), 29 Olajuwon Street, off Ojuelegba Road,
P.O. Box 620, Yaba, Lagos
Nigeria National TB Program, Dr Olayemi Sofola, National TB & Leprosy
Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Secretariat Phase
II, P.M.B. 83, Garki, Abuja Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, Telephone: (234)
1 952 38190, Fax: (234) 1 545 2179, E-mail: tosofola@hotmail.com
http://www.nigeria-aids.org/