institute of human virology nigeria institute of human virology nigeria the institute of human virology nigeria (ihvn) is a non-governmental organization that focuses on hiv/aids related problems in nigeria. it was established as an affiliate to the institute of human virology, university of maryland school of medicine, baltimore in 2004. in 2016, ihvn claimed that it reaches 2.3 million nigerians with hiv testing services, including about 25,000 who tested positive for the disease. major programs programs at ihvn include: hiv services tuberculosis/drug resistant tb intervention malaria program cancer registration/research training activities funding the activities of the institute are funded by international organizations which include: centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria (gf) archived 18 may 2020 at the wayback machine university of maryland, baltimore usa (umb) united states' national institute for health (nih) international development research center (idrc) world health organization (who)