Kamar yadda aka ce a ranar 25 ga watan Nuwamba, 2024, gwamnatin tarayya ta Nijeriya ta bayyana cewa kawar da HIV daga uwa zuwa yaro har yanzu yana da matsaloli da dama. A wata taron manema labarai da aka gudanar a Abuja, Darakta Janar na Hukumar Kula da Cutar AIDS ta Kasa (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori, ta bayyana cewa Nijeriya tana fuskantar matsaloli da dama wajen kawar da HIV daga uwa zuwa yaro.
Dr. Ilori ta ce, kimanin mutane 1.6 milioni daga cikin 2 milioni da ke zaune da cutar HIV a Nijeriya na samun maganin cutar. Amma, kamar yadda ta bayyana, Nijeriya har yanzu tana da kasa a kai 95% na manufar kawar da HIV daga uwa zuwa yaro, inda a halin yanzu kasa da 33% ne ke samun maganin PMTCT (Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission).
Komishinara na Ma’aikatar Lafiya ta Jihar Ogun, Dr. Tomi Coker, ta kuma bayyana cewa jihar Ogun ta ci gaba da yin kokari na kawar da HIV daga uwa zuwa yaro. Ta ce, akwai mutane 30,350 da ke samun maganin HIV a jihar, inda yara ke wakiltar 2% na yawan mutanen da ke samun maganin. Dr. Coker ta kuma ce cewa jihar Ogun ta kai 95%, 76%, da 83% a kai manufar UNAIDS 95-95-95.
Dr. Ilori ta kara da cewa, NACA ta kirkiri tsare-tsare na duniya don kawar da HIV daga yara, amma har yanzu ba a kai ga manufar ba. Ta kuma ce cewa, kimanin yara 160,000 da ke zaune da cutar HIV a Nijeriya, inda kasa da 33% na yaran da ke zaune da cutar ke samun maganin PMTCT.
