(MENAFN) Nigerian government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States, in a new push to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country.
The agreement, worth up to USD90 million, is geared towards conducting an efficient impact assessment on HIV that will facilitate effective treatment of persons living with the virus.
Speaking at the signing of the MoU in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said: "What we have just done is to sign an MoU that will make us do many things.
"It is going to be the largest of its type with close to 200,000 people being surveyed. Not only are we going to look for HIV, we are also going to look for Hepatitis B and C," Adewole added.
The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, urged Nigerians to embrace and support the survey given that it will improve the health of Nigerians and will enable Nigeria do what has not been done in the world.
He said: "This survey is an opportunity to lift up the health of all Nigerians to set an example from Nigeria for the whole of this continent and for the whole of this world. This is in the power of every Nigerian to participate in this survey."
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