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…