Nigeria Seeks Stronger Domestic Funding to Sustain HIV Response
Nigeria's National Agency for the Control of AIDS is pushing for increased domestic funding to sustain HIV programs amid a significant decline in international donor support. Officials emphasize that building resilient, self-reliant financing systems is essential to maintaining progress in prevention and treatment.
Why it matters
A 25% drop in global HIV funding threatens the continuity of critical health services in developing nations, necessitating a shift toward local resource mobilization.
However, she warned that changing global economic realities and declining development assistance require the country to rethink how it finances its HIV programme.
Nigeria is intensifying efforts to strengthen domestic financing for its HIV response as declining international donor support threatens decades of progress in HIV prevention, treatment and care.
The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Temitope Ilori, made this known on Wednesday at the Nigeria side event during the 26th International AIDS Conference (IAS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Speaking on the theme, "Sustainability: Strengthening Resource Mobilisation for the National HIV Response in Nigeria," Ms Ilori said the country must transition to a more resilient and self-reliant HIV programme capable of withstanding changing global economic realities.
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