Nigeria’s HIV cases decline in four months 

From January to April 2026, Nigeria recorded a diminution successful reported HIV cases amid increasing request for Lenacapavir, the recently introduced twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, crossed respective states.

The authorities has targeted 8 states for the archetypal implementation of the programme, with expanding request from Nigerians, arsenic the anti-HIV injection is administered erstwhile each six months and is utilized to dainty and forestall HIV infection.

States wherever the HIV prevention programme is being piloted see Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Gombe, Kano and Kwara, arsenic good arsenic the Federal Capital Territory.

Between January and April 2026, information from the National Data Repository showed that reported HIV cases dropped steadily, declining from 8,494 cases successful January to 7,893 successful February, 7,814 successful March and 6,458 successful April.

The Federal Government began deploying Lenacapavir to forestall HIV corruption among radical astatine risk, a improvement believed to person contributed to the decline.

The archetypal shipment of the injectable cause was officially received successful Nigeria connected March 10, 2026, with the Federal Government securing much than 52,000 doses for the archetypal rollout phase. So far, 11,520 doses person been delivered into the country.

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, portion announcing the accomplishment of the medication, described the improvement arsenic different important measurement successful Nig...