Nigeria Gets $660m Grant From Global Fund To Fight HIV/AIDS

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The Global Fund, a worldwide financing body has given Nigeria an additional $660m to handle HIV/AIDS, intestinal sickness and tuberculosis 

This was uncovered by the Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands on Wednesday in Abuja. 

As indicated by Sands, the give would be for a long time and is gone for covering more people on the treatment of the sickness. 

"Nigeria has remained a nation in which Global Fund had put massively in the past on account of its most elevated weight of Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV, and AIDS," Sands said. 

"We have contributed around 2.6 billion dollars to handle these pandemics previously and we mean to accomplish more to get more individuals on treatment. 

"We value the diligent work in the result of the organization between the administration and worldwide reserve however we trust that regardless we have a great deal of work to do." 

He included that "For HIV and AIDS, we need more individuals on treatment; we likewise need to avert mother-to-tyke transmission. 

"We additionally need to decrease intestinal sickness related passings and we need to guarantee that the level of individuals on tuberculosis treatment increments. 

"Most importantly, we will get a kick out of the chance to see an arrival on our ventures."