President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to pharmaceutical companies for more cooperation and understanding in reducing the cost of anti-retroviral drugs through production of generic items.
The president made the appeal at a side event organised by the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) at the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States.
The president called on world leaders and the UN-AIDS to work together with Nigeria to make HIV and AIDs history by 2030.
Buhari noted that for over 30 years, HIV as a public health challenge had caused havoc and untold hardship in virtually every part of the world.
"To date, several million children have been orphaned and some communities have been devastated, while economic activities had been disrupted," he added.
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