[The Sexuality Blog] Who would have thought? Trump just signed a new HIV/AIDS deal with Nigeria

We have been quite alarmist about Donald Trump on the Sexuality Blog. We have have had good reason to be, considering his policies on female reproductive health, abortions and LGBT rights (we are the sexuality blog after all) but it seems things are finally turning the corner with the Trump administration, especially as it regards Nigeria.

The United States Country Operation Plan has just set aside N17.5bn to support the Nigerian Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)’s HIV Prevention and Care plan. The agreement was signed on Friday, June 16, 2017, by Deborah Birx, the U.S’s Global AIDS co-ordinator and is a continuation of American AIDS prevention and control efforts in Nigeria which started in 2014.

Presidential Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (PEPFAR) is the legacy of Republican President, George Bush jr. whose efforts in Africa was the most extensive in decades. President Obama helped preserve this Legacy, and it seems President Trump will too. This unallied fund is a big reason why Nigeria has been as successful as in controlling the spread of AIDS, especially in LGBT communities that the Federal Government would rather pretend don’t exist, and continues to discreetly fund LGBT centric healthcare.

This is good news. We need good news, even if it is from Trump.

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