In this opening episode of our year long African Voices series, we look at Nigeria, beyond the funding cuts that so often dominate global headlines. While international reporting focuses on donor decisions and political shifts, this conversation centres what’s happening on the ground, the people, the initiatives, and the communities continuing to respond to HIV with creativity, care, and determination.

Through lived experience of both a beneficiary and health care worker, we explore both the challenges being faced and the progress being made, highlighting what’s working, what’s changing, and what deserves far more attention than it usually gets.

A huge thank you to Project HOPE for helping connect us, so these stories can be shared authentically, directly from the people living and working within them.

Project HOPE | Advancing Global Health & Saving Lives

African Voices is a year-long series from The HIV Podcast, sharing perspectives from across the African continent.

How to get involved:

We’re inviting people living with or affected by HIV to share short voice notes about what’s happening in their country, what the world needs to understand, and what education they want to share. These voice notes may be played on the podcast as part of the series.

Episodes will be released monthly, on the last Friday of each month

Voice notes may be played on the podcast

Send a voice note (max 5 minutes, no minimum) to: 07727 666791

Each country has a submission deadline, see image for details

If you’re from one of the 12 countries featured, we’d love to hear from you.

How to take part

Please send us a voice note (maximum 5 minutes, no minimum) to:

07727 666791

In your recording, please include:

• Your name (or a preferred name if you would like to remain anonymous)

• Your connection to HIV (for example: person living with HIV, peer educator, counsellor, activist, doctor, community worker, volunteer)

• The country you are in

Then tell us:

What do you want the world to know about HIV in your country?

This could include access to care, stigma, funding cuts, community realities, or anything you feel the world should understand.

What education would you like to share?

A myth to bust, a message for others, or knowledge that could help support your community.

For more information, please contact:

[email protected]

Deadlines for submissions by country 2026

January 22nd - Nigeria

February 19th- Tanzania

March 19th - South Africa

April 17th - Kenya

May 22nd - Uganda

June 19th - Mozambique

July 24th - Malawi

August 21st - Zambia

September 18th - Zimbabwe

October 23rd - Botswana

November 20th - Lesotho & Eswatini

Sources

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria

https://www.beintheknow.org/understanding-hiv-epidemic/data/glance-hiv-nigeria

https://www.phis3project.org.ng/phis3-resources/

https://www.severemalaria.org/countries/nigeria/nigeria-health-system

https://nphcda.gov.ng/bhcpf/

https://naca.gov.ng/

https://data.theglobalfund.org/location/NGA/access-to-funding

https://nepwhan.org/our-history/

https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/updates/2024/2024-02-05-nigeria-global-fund-launch-new-grants-reinforce-progress-against-hiv-tb-malaria/

https://naca.gov.ng/sustainability/

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