The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has commended the United States Government and other partners for investing about $900 million in Nigeria’s malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis programmes.
He made the commendation in Abuja on Monday at the high-level meeting with the U.S Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, the U.S President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Dr. John Nkengasong; the Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Peter Sands; the U.S Global Malaria Coordinator for the U.S President’s Malaria Initiative, Dr. David Walton, among others.
Pate lauded the US government’s support to Nigeria over the years, and the importance placed on the health and well-being of Nigerians.
