Nigeria promises transparency to win funding for HIV/AIDS programs
Xinhua, December 1, 2016 Adjust font size:
Nigeria is seeking to enhance transparency and accountability to win confidence of foreign donors of its HIV/AIDS programs in the country, a top official said Wednesday.
Speaking in Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, ahead of the World AIDS Day, Sani Aliyu, Director-General of National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) said the key priority of the agency was transparency and accountability in all its activities.
He said the agency will strengthen its system at the moment to deepen access to HIV/AIDS services at the government level.
He added that the partners still have confidence in the agency and expressed optimism that the agency will achieve its target.
The doctor told reporters that the agency would adopt "Option B+'', which refers to testing and treating pregnant women who are HIV positive after her delivery and post partum period.
He added that there is scientific evidence showing that women who are kept on treatment have better health outcomes.
Aliyu said there would be financial pressure on the program, but it does not mean that it is not the right thing to do.
According to him, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of the disease will not be possible without having other agencies on board like National Primary Health Care Development Agency. Endit