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The US government has approved an emergency humanitarian waiver.
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The waiver allows people living with HIV to continue accessing treatment.
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The Nigerian government has appreciated the US government’s waiver.
The United States government has approved an “emergency humanitarian waiver” to support US-funded HIV treatment in 55 countries, including Nigeria.
This decision follows a funding pause ordered by US President Donald Trump, which had suspended the disbursement of funds from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the waiver ensures that millions of people living with HIV can continue to receive life-saving HIV medication.
“UNAIDS welcomes this waiver from the US government, which ensures that millions of people living with HIV can continue to receive life-saving HIV medication during the assessment of US foreign development assistance,” UNAIDS said in a statement.
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Reacting to the development, Toyin Aderibigbe, spokesperson for the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), appreciated the US government’s waiver.
Aderibigbe noted that Nigeria would intensify domestic resource mobilization strategies to sustain the HIV response in the country.
“The Nigerian government would intensify domestic resource mobilisation strategies towards ownership and sustainability of the HIV response in the country,” Aderibigbe said.
Man Arraigned for Raping Girlfriend’s 17-Year-Old Daughter, Infecting Her with HIV
AMagistrate Court sitting in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State, ordered the remand of a suspect at Ogwashi-uku correctional centre for allegedly raping his girlfriend’s 17-year-old daughter.
According to the activist handling the case, Marvin Mordi, the suspect who has allegedly been sexually molesting the victim since she was 11 years old also infected her with HIV virus.
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