Tag: Hivaids
Nigeria’s MDG Score Card
By John Tosin Ajiboye The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were established after the Millennium…
Gender Equality: Ogun Keeps Faith With MDGs
By Sakirudeen Bashiru The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were drawn in 2000 to galvanize the efforts of about 193 countries…
Ibadan Toy: Why The U.S.?
By Olawale Salau The end of year 2013 was an open letter season in Nigeria. It is pertinent that we…
HIV infections plummet since 2001 says UNAIDS
New HIV infections have plummeted by a third overall since 2001 and more than halved among children, the United Nations…
Another Good Reason To Use Condom
It’s not just the gut that benefits from friendly bacteria, a person’s more intimate regions do too – and condoms…
Curbing Hepatitis B Scourge
On Sunday, 28 July, 2013, many countries across the world celebrated the World Hepatitis Day. The disease that is most…
Hepatitis: The Silent Killer
By Bilikis Bakare To most Nigerians, HIV/AIDS is the most deadly disease in the world. But perhaps one of the…
Lagos Flagship Primary Health Centres Initiative
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The Lagos State government is presently pursuing a programme geared towards revamping primary health care, in order…
AIDS Scientists express hope for cure
People living with HIV/AIDS.[/caption With Nigerian children rated as the most AIDS infected in the world, this news from Malaysia…
Caring For Orphans And Vulnerable Children
By Bilikis Bakare In traditional African society, the word orphan was alien because children who lost one or both parents…
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…
HIV/AIDS Threatens Nigeria’s Future
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Executive Director, Centre for Population and Environmental Development, Professor Andrew Onokerhoraye, has said that the rate…
High incidents of stroke alarm doctor
A Nigerian consultant neurologist, Dr Francis Ojini, has expressed concern over the increasing cases of stroke among middle age and…
Alleged HIV/AIDS Breakthrough: UNIBEN Disowns Don
Authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), have disowned the Dean of School of Basic Medical Sciences of the University,…
UNIBEN Unveils New Cure For HIV/AIDS
Professor Isaiah Ibeh of the University of Benin, on Tuesday announced the development of a new drug that can cure…