The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) dey plan to establish a new learning centre specifically for HIV management and public health. This initiative na part of their ongoing efforts to improve health services and capacity building in Nigeria.
The learning centre, which go be located in their International Research Center of Excellence (IRCE) in Abuja, go focus on training healthcare workers, researchers, and other stakeholders on the latest strategies and best practices in HIV management and public health. IHVN already dey implement several projects, including the ASPIRE project and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) project, which aim to enhance HIV and TB programs across the country.
The ASPIRE project, funded by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), dey work in four states: Nasarawa State, Rivers State, Kastina State, and the Federal Capital Territory. This project dey focus on sustaining precision and integrated HIV response towards epidemic control.
The GC7 project, on the other hand, dey aim to increase the identification of all forms of TB in both the private sector and the community, under the guidance of the National AIDS and STDs Control Programme (NASCP), the National TB and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP), and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA).
This new learning centre go be a significant addition to IHVN’s existing infrastructure and will help in ensuring that more people have access to quality health services and education on HIV management and public health.
