Today, Gede hosted and Co-Chaired the NACA technical Working Group Sub-Committee on Mental Health which has been tasked with identifying ways in which common mental disorders can be integrated into HIV-AIDS care and support throughout Nigeria. As part of this work, the Sub-Committee has considered various options which will be presented to NACA ‘in full’ later in the year and will then (if approved) be integrated into existing toolkits. As has been shown in various studies, not integrating mental health screening/treatment/referral into HIV-AIDS care and support has significant negative impact on issues such as treatment adherence, the risk of new infections and health seeking behaviour in general. Watch this space for further updates on this important initiative