Lara Adejoro As part of efforts to sustain the gains from the HIV response beyond 2030, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS has partnered with the National Assembly, the United States Agency for International Development and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS In 2016, United Nations Member States committed to implementing a bold agenda to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 during the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The progressive, new, and actionable Political Declaration includes a set of specific, time-bound targets and actions that must be achieved by 2020 if the world is to get on the fast track and end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. Speaking on Sunday at the end of the two-day retreat themed, ‘Leadership for sustainability of the HIV response: The role of the Legislative,’ in Lagos, the Director General of NACA, Dr Temitope Ilori assured of the agency’s commitment and determination in providing leadership to driving an accelerated decline in new HIV infections in the country.
Ilori advocated an integrated approach that will foster synergy and yield maximum health benefits. “We are here today to continue our efforts at targeting the eradication of HIV/AIDS by the year 2030. We are re-energised at fostering a commitment to the issues of HIV/AIDS with the legislators here present and help facilitate an efficient an.
