The impact of COVID-19 on HIV financing in Nigeria: a call for proactive measures
Tolulope Oladele, Babayemi O. Olakunde, Edward Adekola Oladele, Osondu Ogbuoji, Gavin Yamey
Abstract
COVID-19, the most devastating pandemic since the 1918 influenza pandemic, has had severe health and economic impacts, including in Nigeria. Nigeria has the third largest HIV epidemic worldwide. Despite the onset of COVID-19, efforts to control HIV cannot be abandoned. HIV funding must be protected from the ongoing shocks to the Nigerian economy, so that Nigeria does not lose the health gains achieved over the past decades. Bold proactive steps are needed, such as integrating HIV into the National Health Insurance Scheme, locking in donor commitments to HIV and building a robust health system.
Topics & Concepts
EconometricsVolatility (finance)Quantile regressionEconomicsQuantileAutoregressive conditional heteroskedasticityParametric statisticsExponential smoothingMean reversionMathematicsStatisticsHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses