Abuja – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently announced additional assistance of $65.5 million to help achieve the development goals outlined in the bilateral U.S.-Nigerian Development Objectives Assistance Agreement signed in 2015. The assistance brings incremental funding of the Agreement with Nigeria to $1.17 billion, representing 48 percent of the $2.45 billion pledged ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 2 October, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: assistance, Funding, humanitarian, PEPFAR, USAID
Abuja – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently announced additional development assistance to support achieving the development goals outlined in the bilateral Development Objectives Assistance Agreement between the U.S. and Nigerian governments signed in 2015. Of the new funding, $25 million will strengthen good governance by supporting state governments’ efforts to bolster Nigeria’s ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 27 August, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: development assistance, economy, Education, Health, PEPFAR, USAID
All protocols observed. Good afternoon. I would like to thank you for joining us at this Photo Exhibition. The exhibition affords us an occasion to reflect on an initiative, which began 15 years ago. Called the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief or PEPFAR, this initiative has helped to expand and sustain life-saving treatment, ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 6 July, 2018 | Topics:
Chargé D’Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, President of the United States, Press Releases
| Tags: AIDS, Barack Obama, Donald J. Trump, HIV, PEPFAR, PEPFAR15, Photo Exhibition, support
Abuja, Nigeria- U.S. Mission Nigeria commemorated World AIDS Day today with the theme “Behavior Change for Epidemic Control.” The program took place at the Government Secondary School Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, involving more than 200 Senior Secondary School students from 10 public secondary schools across the metropolis as well as key Government of Nigeria officials ...
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By olinzena | 30 November, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases
| Tags: Abuja, Ambassador Symington, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, World AIDS Day
Abuja, Nigeria – Today, Stephen M. Haykin, Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) joined Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole to inaugurate a new state-of-the-art medical storage facility that provides medical authorities better access to life saving medicines and other essential health commodities. Known as a “warehouse in a box,” ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 14 August, 2017 | Topics:
Key Officials, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Global Fund, Medical, PEPFAR, public health, USAID, Warehouse
The U.S. Embassy in Abuja observed World AIDS Day on December 1 by providing HIV testing and awareness information to the U.S. Mission community. The Embassy also hosted a blood drive that morning. The drive was a continuation of a periodic exercise encouraged by the U.S. Mission since 2002 to support the efforts of Nigeria’s National ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 2 December, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, News
| Tags: AIDS, Blood Transfusion, HIV Testing, PEPFAR, World AIDS Day
Benin– U.S. Consul General F. John Bray and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director for Nigeria Michael Harvey attended the launch of a US$1 million program to support HIV/AIDS-affected children and families. H.E. First Lady of Edo State Iara Oshiomhole and Edo State Commissioner for Women Affairs Mrs. Aenena Jemitola Fulani-Ojo hosted ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 28 July, 2016 | Topics:
Child and Family Matters, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Benin, Edo State, HIV/AIDS, Michael Harvey, PEPFAR, USAID
June 3, 2016 (as prepared for delivery) Good morning. Thank you for coming to this important event. On April 25 this year, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to observe World Malaria Day. Of course, for many Nigerians, every day is malaria day—a day to keep up the fight against this killer disease. Malaria ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 3 June, 2016 | Topics:
Ambassador, Speeches
| Tags: Ambassador, Health, Malaria, Nigeria, PEPFAR, World Malaria Day
