Review Article: Towards 95-95-95: a review of the last decade of HIV viral suppression in Nigeria

Abstract

The United Nations Programme on HIIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) target to achieve 95% viral suppression for all countries remain a challenge for Nigeria. There is a plethora of information on HIV viral suppression. It is therefore imperative that it be reviewed and summarized in a single, comprehensive document. This study reviewed narratively HIV viral suppression studies done within the last decade in Nigeria by retrieving applicable literature from PubMed, Google scholar, and Google Search using relevant keywords. From the review, 16 (50%) of the studies were on rates of viral suppression and factors that influence it while 10 (31.3%) were on interventions to prevent virological failure. Majority of the studies were carried out from 2019-2023 and more than half of the studies reviewed were retrospective (56.3%). Viral suppression in Nigeria is still below the United Nations Programme on HIV threshold of 95 %. However, based on all the efforts put in the last decade, we are on the right track towards achieving the goal by 2030.