Tag: Hiv Aids
Lagos residents speak on HIV/AIDS prevalence, dangers
In spite of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, Lagos State residents said they are conscious of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and…
6900 people test positive for HIV in Oyo
The Oyo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (OYSACA) has announced that between January and June 2020, over 6,900…
HIV/AIDS: Women call for end to stigmatization
Hajiya Fatima Abdulmumin, Head of Medical Records Department, Womanhood School of Health Science, Kaduna, has urged Nigerians to stop discriminating…
HIV: Foundation targets 50,000 young people for training
Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF), says it is targeting 50,000 adolescents and young people for HIV/AIDS sensitisation training, as part of…
HIV/AIDS: Group commends FG for the $12m pledge
The Coalition of Civil Society Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (COCSNHAN), an NGO, has commended the Federal Government for pledging…
HIV/AIDS: Over 91 people tested positive in Ogun
No fewer than 91 people tested positive for HIV/AIDS in Ogun during an HIV/AIDS Expanded Preventive Awareness Project conducted from…
HIV/AIDS: Society wants nurse penalised for stigmatising client on Facebook
Coalition of Civil Society Network about AIDS in Nigeria (COCSNAN) on Saturday called for immediate penalisation of a nurse for…
HIV/AIDS: A’Ibom people are not promiscuous — Commissioner
Dr Dominic Ukpong, Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health, had dismissed insinuations that promiscuity could be responsible for the high prevalence…
Institute to partner Rivers State govt. on HIV/AIDS
The Institute of Human Virology of Nigeria (IHVN) says it will work with Rivers Government and the Centre for Disease…
FG, UN sign MoU on HIV/AIDS
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on how to decisively…
NACA cautions against risky behaviours to prevent spread of HIV/AIDS
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has advised Nigerians to avoid risky behaviours that might contribute to…
U.S. AIDS programme supports 17m people in Africa
The U.S. says its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved more than 17 million lives in Nigeria…
NAIIS completes HIV/AIDS survey in 16 states
The Nigeria HIV and AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) says it has completed the ongoing HIV and AIDS survey…
HIV/AIDS: Rwanda launches nationwide survey
Rwanda on Wednesday unveiled a nationwide survey to ascertain the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and the impact of preventive measures in…
HIV/AIDS: Aisha Buhari heads to New York
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, will on Sunday depart for New York to participate in the Organisation…