At least USD$75 million have been pledged to support the health sector in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, in an effort to hasten the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To ensure success, a joint three-tier budget, involving the federal and state governments as well as donor agencies, will be adopted. Funke Adedoyin, Minister of State for Health, was cited by the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday as saying Nigeria was "scaling up its health activities in 14 pilot states where indices indicate that there have been a steady increase on child mortality and HIV/AIDS prevalence."