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With US aid slashed, Nigerian HIV volunteers went door‑to‑door to keep patients alive
Volunteers in Benue helped over 1,000 patients resume antiretroviral therapy after a U.S. aid freeze disrupted HIV drug supplies in 2025, preventing treatment collapse.
- On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump paused foreign aid, causing supply shortages that forced volunteer Josephine Angev to launch door-to-door efforts reconnecting HIV patients in Nigeria's Benue State with life-saving treatment.
- Before the freeze, the U.S. funded around 90% of Nigeria's HIV treatment costs, leaving the nation vulnerable. All 10 treatment centers in Makurdi closed for a month, halting access to antiretrovirals for thousands.
- Coordinated by Dinah Adaga, volunteers in Benue State traced patients by visiting homes when phones failed, bringing more than 1,000 people back into care between June and December 2025, including 95 children under five.
- A health agreement signed in December commits the U.S. to $2.1 billion and Nigeria to $3 billion for HIV response, prioritizing the transition of full funding to Nigeria over the next five years.
- Prevention services suffered longer disruptions, global health agencies warn, while the new agreement places emphasis on Christian faith-based healthcare providers to support Nigeria's Christian population amid Islamist violence.
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With US aid slashed, Nigerian HIV volunteers went door‑to‑door to keep patients alive
For several months last year, Josephine Angev walked the dusty village paths of Nigeria's Benue State with a mission - to help people living with HIV stay on their life-saving medication, after a U.S. aid freeze left thousands scrambling for supplies.
During the last five months of the year, Josephine Anev traveled along the busy streets of the state of Benue, in Nig ria, with the mission to help people living with HIV to continue taking their medical care, after a freeze of help from the United States, imposed by President Donald Trump, left thousands in desperate search for supplies. Read more (03/31/2026)
For several months last year, Joséphine Angev has been following the tracks of the villages in Benue State, Nigeria, whose mission is to prevent people living with HIV from remaining untreated after the US administration has frozen part of her foreign aid. At 40 years old, this volunteer is part of this small army of "HIV champions" who have knocked at the door to bring patients back to care, in an area where the disease continues to generate sh…
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