Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- Stakeholders on Tuesday renewed calls for multi-sectoral collaboration and sustainable domestic financing to sustain Nigeria's response to HIV and Tuberculosis (TB), amid dwindling foreign aid.

The appeal was made at a stakeholders' dialogue on domestic financing for HIV and TB, and the domestication of the HIV anti-stigma law, organised by the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, in collaboration with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), and other partners in Abuja.

Although recent steps, such as the N4.8bn budgeted for HIV treatment and the establishment of an AIDS Trust Fund, reflect government commitment, stakeholders say financing remains insufficient to meet national needs.

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