LAGOS, NIGERIA — The Lagos State Government has officially unveiled its 2025–2027 HIV operational roadmap, designed to expand prevention, testing, clinical care, and treatment retention across the metropolis. Announced at a multi-stakeholder dissemination summit in Ikeja, the Lagos State HIV strategic plan establishes a unified coordination framework to eliminate service delivery bottlenecks and meet national epidemic control benchmarks by 2027.
Speaking at the launch, Dr. Folakemi Animashaun, Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA), emphasized that while Lagos has expanded community-based interventions, systematic gaps in service delivery persist across densely populated urban centers.
Priority Focus Areas Under the Lagos State HIV Strategic Plan
To address operational challenges across Nigeria’s most populous state, the updated Lagos State HIV strategic plan targets five critical healthcare interventions:
Underserved Populations: Expanding direct diagnostic outreach to high-burden, hard-to-reach informal settlements.
Testing and Prevention: Deploying modern combination prevention options, including oral PrEP and post-exposure prophylaxis.
Patient Retention: Enhancing community-based adherence support networks to prevent treatment interruption.
Viral Suppression: Monitoring treatment efficacy to ensure patients achieve and maintain undetectable viral loads.
Multi-Sectoral Collaboration and Resource Mobilization
Dr. Animashaun noted that LSACA will oversee inter-agency resource allocation, monitoring, and data collection to drive evidence-based health planning. Successful implementation relies on sustained partnerships between the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), non-governmental organizations, healthcare workers, and international development partners.
Why It Matters: As one of Nigeria’s primary urban health sectors with a massive clinical caseload, Lagos State’s coordinated response is pivotal to determining whether Nigeria achieves its overarching national HIV suppression targets by 2027.
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