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Nigeria: HIV Patients Face Death Amid Funding Cuts

Published Thursday, August 20, 2026 · Updated August 20

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  • The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) reported that Akwa Ibom had released only 1 percent of its total 2024 and 2025 HIV appropriations, and Rivers State had zero release for HIV/AIDS during the period under review.

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  • AllAfrica

    The article emphasizes the critical failure of Nigerian state and federal governments to release budgeted funds for HIV programs, highlighting the severe consequences for patients and the overall HIV response as international donor support declines.

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