Tag: HIV
2,137 People Living With HIV Receive Drugs
The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) says 2,137 people living with HIV are presently receiving Antiretroviral (AVRs)…
Quack doctor infects 33 with HIV in India
Police on Tuesday filed a complaint against a quack doctor who infected 33 people in northern India with HIV after…
HIV: UNICEF, Kaduna government to screen 4,343 youths
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Kaduna State Government has screened 4,343 youths for HIV/Aids in Jema’a Local…
Injury kills more than HIV, TB, Malaria combined — Pharmacist
A Pharmacists, Lanre Alege, says an injury is a trauma that kills more people every year than Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV),…
Malaria, HIV pose threat to Nigeria – Experts
As life expectancy in Nigeria is increasing, malaria, diarrhoea, HIV and lower respiratory infection have been identified as some of…
HIV/AIDs Testing: Expert Advises Pregnant Women
Mr Matthew Awoyiola, an HIV and AIDS expert in Omu-Aran, Kwara has advised pregnant women to imbibe adequate HIV and…
HIV rises, defies drug in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is recording increased cases of drug resistant HIV which have contributed to shortages of Abacavier, a drug administered to…
HIV Prevention: Vaginal Ring Safe, Acceptable- Experts
Researchers say monthly vaginal ring and daily oral tablet, both containing anti-HIV drugs, are safe and acceptable in adolescent girls.
Universal cure for HIV, cancer underway – Nobel Laureate
A Nobel Laureate, Prof. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, says efforts are ongoing to develop a universal cure for HIV and cancer through…
We Must Take Ownership Of HIV/AIDS Programme – NACA
Dr Sani Aliyu, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), has said that Nigeria must…
WHO commends Africa on malaria and HIV control
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has commended the African region for making significant progress in malaria control in the last…
Agency advises youths to undergo HIV, sickle cell tests
Dr Shamsu Yahaya, Director of Public Health, Katsina State Primary Health Care Agency has urged youths in the state to…
NGO Empowers 40,000 HIV Affected Children
The AIDS Preventive Initiative In Nigeria (APIN), on Thursday, said it had trained 40,000 children, who were either infected or…
Toddler dies of Hiv after mother abandoned her
Blessing Ochonogor allegedly abandoned her husband’s home, dumped her two-year-old daughter in an orphanage and moved in with her fourth…
24,890 Lagosians test positive to HIV in 18 months
No fewer than 24,890 Lagosians have tested positive to the dreaded HIV disease within 18 months in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…