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Clinton steps in to boost treatment efforts

    JOHANNESBURG

    Former US president Bill Clinton has agreed to help facilitate the supply of affordable anti-AIDS drugs and HIV diagnostic equipment to Nigeria.

    Under the terms of an agreement signed by Nigerian Minister of Health Eyitayo Lambo and Ira Magaziner, chairman of the Clinton Foundation's HIV/AIDS Initiative, assistance would also be given in expanding access to paediatric AIDS care and treatment.

    Clinton's offer comes just months after the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria suspended some US$50 million in funding to Nigeria, after the government's lack of transparency in AIDS spending and failing to meet targets for drug access.

    An estimated six million of Nigeria's 120 million people are HIV-positive, with only 30,000 patients receiving antiretrovirals through the public sector.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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