President Trump's 90-day freeze on foreign aid directly affects HIV/AIDS funding, which could disrupt life-saving treatment, testing, and prevention efforts.
In 2023, the US allocated over $232 million to HIV/AIDS programmes in Nigeria.
The freeze threatens access to these critical resources for millions of people living with HIV.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that this could reverse decades of progress in HIV prevention and treatment, with the potential to worsen global health outcomes.
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a US initiative, provides HIV treatment for over 20 million people worldwide.HIV/AIDS in Nigeria got nearly 3x more funding from the US than Malaria in 2023