Tag: AIDS
World AIDS day marks start of game-changing HIV injection in Africa
According to UNAIDS 2024, eastern and southern Africa account for 52% of the 40.8 million people living with HIV worldwide.
World AIDS Day: Medical Practitioner Offers Free Test in Kwara
Dr Ayodele Ogunkeyede, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Lifeline Hospital, Ilorin, has offered free tests and organised campaigns to…
World AIDS Day: FG committed to ending HIV epidemic by 2030-Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi on Thursday in Abuja said the Federal Government would increase the number of people on anti-retroviral treatment…
360,000 adolescents expected to die of AIDS by 2030, says UNICEF
Some 360,000 adolescents are expected to die of AIDS by 2030 if investment in HIV prevention is not ramped up,…
9.4m people living with HIV unaware – UNAIDS report
A new report, ‘Knowledge is Power’, has revealed that an estimated 9.4 million people who are infected with HIV virus…
2m Nigerians receiving AIDS treatment
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says about 1,090,233 people are receiving anti-retroviral drugs in Nigeria as…
Report on misuse of $1m AIDS, TB, Malaria funds not a new issue – Zambia
The Zambian government says an audit report released by the Global Fund on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was not a…
NACA’s national AIDS survey to begin in June
Dr Sani Aliyu, Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), says the agency will conduct the largest national…
World Condom Day: Foundation to distribute 300,000 condoms
An NGO, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), says it will distribute 300,000 condoms and carry out test on 43,000 people on HIV…
AIDS still epidemic among children – UNICEF
Eighteen children in every hour were infected with HIV last year. UNICEF said that this was a sign of scant…
Lagos sets to conduct household AIDS Survey
The Lagos State Agency for the Control of AIDS (LSACA) says it will be conducting the first Lagos AIDS Survey…
FG to aid victims of explosion at IDPs camp
National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) says it will financially support the six victims of fire…
1m Zimbabweans Are On Therapy – Aids Council
The National Aids Council Operations says one million Zimbabweans are now on the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) as the country remains…
AIDS mortality nearly halved from 1.9m to 1m – UN
UN says the annual number of people who die from AIDS has nearly halved from 1.9 million to one million…
Breaking: UN suspends aid operations in Syria
The United Nations has suspended aid operations in Syria after a deadly attack on an aid convoy in rural Aleppo…
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$19 billion invested, as AIDS kills 1.1 million people in 2015
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has disclosed that a whooping $19 billion was invested in…
Nigerian nabbed in India for selling AIDS curing seeds
A Nigerian national, Uzoma Eleazar, has been arrested for attempting to sell seeds for the cure of AIDS in an…
UNAIDS adopts new strategy to end AIDS
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Programme Coordinating Board on Friday adopted a new strategy to end the…
Promoting Exclusive Breast feeding in HIV-Positive mothers
Combination of exclusive breastfeeding and the use of anti-retroviral treatment can significantly reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to babies…
Nigeria working to be AIDS-free by 2030, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has stated that Nigeria is working and hoping to be AIDS-free by 2015 as it…
Al-Makura employs 10 persons living with HIV/AIDs
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has offered employment to 10 persons out of 40 persons living with HIV/AIDs who…
Deaths from HIV, AIDS drop in Sub-Sahara Africa
The African Group at the United Nations General Assembly said on Tuesday that new infections and deaths from HIV and…
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak In Nigeria: The Issues At Stake
By Jaye Gaskia My worry is that we might end up with a situation where only a few highbrow public…
South Africa targets screening whole population for AIDS
South Africa’s government plans to extend AIDS tests to the country’s entire population and speed up antiretroviral treatment of those…
People with HIV living longer – Study
HIV-positive people in the world’s rich countries now live nearly as long as those who don’t carry the AIDS-causing virus,…
Road To Achieving Zero New HIV Infection
By Rasak Musbau When AIDS emerged from the shadows three decades ago, few people could predict how the epidemic would…
I Don’t Have AIDS, Says Ngozi Nwosu
Ailing star actress, Ngozi Nwosu, has described as evil the widespread speculations that she is suffering from the deadly Acquired…
33.5 Million Living With HIV — WHO
By Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo At least 33.6 million people globally have been diagnosed with HIV while an estimated 2.7 million others…
Airtel, NACA Partner To Fight HIV/AIDS In Nigeria
Leading telecommunication services provider, Airtel Nigeria, and the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) have announced a joint…
‘Expect HIV Vaccine In 5 Years’
The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN), says vaccine for treatment of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus that causes AIDS, may be…