UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION (UNGASS) COUNTRY PROGRESS REPORT

A Report documents Nigeria's progress on HIV/AIDS commitments to the United Nations, covering prevention, treatment, and care efforts. It targets health agencies, international partners, and civil society groups. This provides data to track progress and enhance accountability in the national response.

What Is This Policy?

Nigeria's periodic country progress report submitted to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, documenting the country's progress on HIV prevention, treatment, and care commitments.

Who Does It Target?

National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Federal Ministry of Health International donors and UNAIDS monitoring partners Nigerian civil society monitoring HIV response

What Does It Aim to Achieve?

Provide transparent, internationally comparable data on Nigeria's HIV epidemic and response, track progress against global targets (95-95-95), and accountability for national and international commitments.

Key Features

Epidemic Status: Documents current HIV prevalence, incidence, and mortality across Nigeria's states and populations. Programme Coverage: Reports treatment, prevention, and care programme coverage and outcomes. Financing: Documents domestic and international financial commitments to the HIV response. Policy Compliance: Reports on adherence to UNGASS commitments and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS.

Current Status

Rollout Stage: Active — reports submitted biennially Coverage: Nationwide HIV response Beneficiaries: PLHIV; HIV programme stakeholders; global accountability Funding: NACA; PEPFAR; Global Fund

How to Access

Reports freely available at UNAIDS and NACA websites Civil society contributes to shadow reporting processes Data from national surveys and programme systems Application method: Access at https://www.naca.gov.ng or https://www.unaids.org

Important Terms

UNGASS reports inform global HIV resource mobilisation Data quality is essential for credible reporting Civil society and key population organisations contribute to the report compilation

Official Resources

Website: https://www.naca.gov.ng Contact: National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)

Legal Framework

Operates under the HIV/AIDS Anti-Discrimination Act 2014, the National Policy on HIV/AIDS, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS Act, and the National Health Act 2014. Draws on the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 2001, UNAIDS global reporting framework, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria reporting standards.