Nigeria, Dec. 2 -- The Nigerian government on Monday revealed that the country has exceeded key global HIV treatment benchmarks and is on course to eliminate AIDS as a public health threat before 2030.

Speaking at an event to commemorate the 2025 World AIDS Day in Abuja, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziaq Salako, said the country continues to make strong progress despite global economic pressures, shrinking development assistance and supply chain disruptions.

Mr Salako noted that Nigeria has placed 98 per cent of people living with HIV on treatment, surpassing the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) target.

He added that the country had also achieved 95 per cent viral suppression and was well on ...