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To ensure an efficient implementation of the Nigeria State-Level ART Impact Survey (AIS) 2025 in Lagos State, the AIS Non-Lab/Lab Material Adaptation Training was held from 11th to 15th August 2025.

The training aimed to equip representatives from the Government of Nigeria (GoN), the Lagos State Ministry of Health (LSMoH), and other stakeholders with the knowledge and skills required to facilitate the stepdown trainings, support survey implementation, and monitoring activities.

In attendance were representatives from the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) (National AIDS and STIs Control Programme, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Nigeria Centre for Disease Control), NMOD, LSMoH, CDC, and Nepwhan HQ. Technical sessions were facilitated by PHIS3 Subject matter Experts (SMEs).

The NASCP National Coordinator, Dr. Adebobola Bashorun, in his opening remarks, expressed gratitude to participants for their invaluable contributions. He emphasized that the purpose of the gathering was to share knowledge, build trainers’ capacity, and prepare them to effectively cascade the training. He further underscored the importance of teamwork and collaboration, encouraging participants to support one another throughout the survey process to ensure its success.

Participants received training on survey processes and procedures, ethics and confidentiality, informed consent, the data collection tools, and the survey's standard operating procedures (SOPs). This material adaptation training is an important milestone in getting facilitators and stakeholders ready for step-down training of field teams in Lagos State. By investing in people and processes it sets the stage for a successful survey that will provide valuable insights to strengthen the National HIV response.