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An Analysis of the Impact of HIV/AIDS and the Level of Funding in Nigeria

Nigeria is the tenth largest country in the world and Africa's most populous nation. In 2002, the population of Nigeria was estimated at 133 million with a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of $328 [UNDP, 2003]. Nigeria has had a growing HIV/AIDS epidemic since 1986 when the first case of AIDS was formally reported. The epidemic is generalized; affecting men and women, urban and rural areas with almost equal intensity (UNAIDS 2002). Recent estimates from UNAIDS and other sources indicate that adult HIV prevalence has increased steadily from 1.8 percent of the population in 1991 to nearly…