Nigeria Celebrates World AIDS Day 2025, Amid Halt In Aid Funding By US
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) is joining partners and communities around the globe to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025 under the theme “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response”.
An estimated 40.8 million people are living with HIV (PLHIV) around the world, 610,000 of whom live in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, where the number of annually estimated new infections has almost doubled in less than a decade, rising from 37 000 in 2016 to 72 000 in 2024. Yet, fewer than 4 in 10 know their status, and less than a third are receiving treatment, in the Region.
Across Nigeria, clinics are reporting disruptions, shortages, and delays in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) testing kits, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), condoms, community outreach programmes, and antiretroviral therapy (ART) refills.
The interruptions began early this year after the Donald Trump administration halted foreign aid, affecting funds traditionally channelled through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
This year, WHO is calling on governments to keep HIV high on national health agendas and increase national investments. It is urging greater integration of HIV services into wider health systems to deliver comprehensive, people-centred care, the scale up of innovative service delivery models, the expansion of prevention, harm reduction and community engagement programmes, and enhanced surveillance, monitoring and targeted HIV responses.
“Today, I call on all governments to raise public awareness, increase domestic funding, integrate HIV into broader health services, adopt innovative approaches and strengthen prevention through digital health and AI,” said WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Hanan Balkhy. “WHO will stand with our countries and communities to build a stronger, fairer AIDS response for everyone, everywhere in our Region.”
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