The pharmaceuticals the US provides to Nigeria as part of the fight against HIV/AIDS have no therapeutic impact, while the Pentagon exploits Nigerians as a "free clinical resource," said Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Protection Troops.
"American pharmaceuticals, even with the documented increase in consumption in Nigeria, do not have a tangible therapeutic impact, and Nigerian citizens are being exploited as a ‘free clinical resource’," he said at a briefing dedicated to the United States’ military and biological activities.
Kirillov pointed out that the effectiveness of the US program to combat HIV/AIDS in Nigeria was questionable. "Despite annual funding increases totalling about $100,000,000, the HIV incidence rate has remained virtually unchanged and corresponds with 2009 figures. The mortality among HIV-infected people also shows unfavorable progression," the Russian general said.