CDC Division of Global HIV & TB Country Profile: Nigeria: September 2022

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• Corporate Authors:
  Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Global HIV & TB. ; \U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
• Description:
  Active Strategic Scale-up of Comprehensive HIV Services: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Nigeria office was established in February 2001, providing technical leadership and assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health (MOH) and implementing partners to scale-up HIV testing and treatment, tuberculosis (TB) services, HIV services for general and key populations, along with supportive laboratory services, while mitigating the impact of HIV on affected families through the orphans and vulnerable children program.
  
  Strengthening Laboratory Systems and Networks: CDC provides technical leadership and assistance to the Government of Nigeria and stakeholders for in-country capacity building while optimizing access to high-quality laboratory services for HIV, TB, and associated diseases and conditions. CDC also supports disease staging, treatment monitoring, and laboratory systems strengthening for efficient service delivery and high-impact program intervention.
  
  Strengthening Public Health Systems: CDC assists the MOH in strengthening epidemiology, surveillance, laboratory systems, medical informatics, operations research, and workforce capacity. These areas of work are essential in a robust, sustainable public health system. In addition, CDC supports the National HIV Clinical Mentorship Program to build clinicians' capacity and ensure program sustainability.
  
  Nigeria.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Global Health HIV Infections/prevention & Control Public Health Tuberculosis/prevention & Control
• Series:
  CDC Division of Global HIV & TB Country Profile
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  United States. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. ; United States. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  Nigeria
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6f1cd4051fc16a1363f541a48a21442fa4ed58a2a912d4b9f77daa3bedfa7064f00a986de315780c4d228c2d6ca2716d64ce3cbba819b19084c3cfdfac8efe63
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123925/cdc_123925_DS1.pdf
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