World Health Day: Withdrawal of HIV/AIDS funding spells doom – Saraki
President of the Senate Bukola Saraki raises alarm over withdrawal of funding for HIV/AIDS
The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has raised the alarm over the withdrawal of international funding for HIV/AIDS.
Saraki, a medical doctor raised the alarm on Friday while commemorating the World Health Day which is marked on April 7th every year as set aside by the United Nations.
In March it was gathered that patients now pay between N5,000 and N50,000 for consultancy and drugs in HIV/AIDS centres where treatment used to be free.
In 2016, when the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) visited the President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki, it had warned that international donor agencies were withdrawing funding for HIV and AIDS in Nigeria.
According to Saraki, the HIV/AIDS pandemic was still plaguing the nation hence there was need for as much funding as the nation could get.
The President of the Senate took to his twitter handle @BukolaSaraki to stress that with teh many problems currently confronting Nigeria in the area of health, now was not a good time to retreat on health.
He stressed that if the decrease in funding is not immediately checked, it would soon have a negative impact of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS which was already reducing in terms of statistics.
Saraki expressed grave worry that the treatment of 3.4 million Nigerians would suffer greatly with the recent withdrawal of funds.
He therefore called on FG to source alternative funding to cater for the population of Nigerians living with the virus so as to curtail its spread.
Saraki said:
As we mark #WorldHealthDay 2017, information at our disposal reveals that major funding for HIV/AIDs in Nigeria will be withdrawn.
The treatment of the over 3.4million Nigerians living with HIV/AIDs is at stake if global funding is suspended. #WorldHealthDay
Government at all levels must now work with international partners to identify alternative sources of funding for HIV/AIDs. #WorldHealthDay
Without careful planning now, the negative impact of the funding decrease in HIV/AIDs programming is not far off. #WorldHealthDay
The fire brigade approach will not work on this HIV/AIDS funding issue.We must act now.#WorldHealthDay
With healthcare, foresight, preparation and strategies must be put in place to mitigate against the threat to human life. #WorldHealthDay
With the various challenges facing Nigerian's health infrastructure, now is not the time to retreat on HIV/AIDS. #WorldHealthDay
The loss of international funding for HIV/AIDS will create immediate stress on an already overburdened system. #WorldHealthDay
As a medical doctor, I know that we can overcome all threats to our nation’s healthcare system. But we must act now. #WorldHealthDay
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