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PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Gives More than $1 Billion to Fight HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
(December 1, 2008)In a goodwill message at the 20th World AIDS Day celebration at Eagle Square in Abuja, U.S. Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders told the audience that the people and government of the United States, as friends and partners of the people and government of Nigeria, are working together to fight for care, treatment, and prevention of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. As Nigeria's largest donor in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the U.S. Government, through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has provided, since 2004, more than $1 billion U.S. Dollars to combat HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, with another $447 million dollars expected for 2009. "Just five years ago, only 50,000 people in all of sub-Saharan Africa living with HIV/AIDS were receiving treatment. As of the end of September, 2008, in Nigeria alone, the Government of Nigeria, in partnership with the U.S. Government through the U.S. Mission in Nigeria, is supporting nearly 211,000 men, women, and children with treatment. Together, we have helped and reached two million people with HIV counseling and testing, and more than 640,000 pregnant women have received health services for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV," said the U.S. Ambassador. Related Stories:
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The following message is being issued jointly by the U.S. Embassy Abuja and
U.S. Consulate General Lagos for American citizens in Nigeria. This warden message is being issued to inform American citizens in Nigeria about
incidents of violence in Plateau State on November 27 and 28, 2008. As an apparent result of elections, Plateau state is experiencing civil unrest with Jos as the focal area. Riots have broken out in Jos with several individuals killed by mob violence. There is concern that these incidents may result in additional acts of isolated communal violence that could erupt quickly and without warning in other areas of Northern Nigeria. (more)
A micro grant given by the Minnesota-based Center for Victims of Torture to a Nigerian NGO, the BOABAB for Women’s Human Rights in 2004 has given birth new to a network of Journalists Against Violence Against Women (JAVAW). (more)
The U.S. Mission to Nigeria donated an eGranary Digital Library unit to the National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Abuja. Embassy Counselor for Public Affairs, Ms. Atim Eneida George, presented the digital library to Mr. Ndagene Akwu, NUJ President, on Tuesday, November 25, 2008. The U.S. Mission delegation also included Mr. David Renz, Ms. Nyree Tripptree, Mr. Sani Mohammed and Mr. Samuel Eyitayo. (more)
Press Release: U.S. Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program: Grants Support Projects In Seven Communities
(November 21, 2008)United States Ambassador Robin Renée Sanders, on behalf of the American people, will sign grant agreements to support seven community development projects in Nigeria on November 21st in Lagos. The grants are funded by the U.S. Mission to Nigeria, through the United States Government's Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program, which partners with community groups throughout Nigeria to complete development projects. Each interested community forms a project committee, creates a budget, and submits a proposal for review. Organizations whose projects are selected for funding must also make significant contributions to the success of the project, generally in the form of land, labor, money, and materials.
U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission to Nigeria Lisa Piascik donated digital library equipment, known as eGranary, to the New Horizons College (NHC) in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. She also commissioned the school’s new science teaching equipment and materials, which were purchased through a grant from the U. S. Government. (more)
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