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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…