Tag: World AIDS day
Sanwo-Olu announces robust HIV reforms as Lagos posts 9,467 new infections
“But Lagos did not stop. We did not stop! Our health workers did not stop. Our community networks did not…
NACA list factors slowing down fight against HIV/AIDS in South-South
The coordinator said the Nigerian HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) 2018 for South-South revealed an estimated 557,980 persons living…
1.6m Nigerians die of AIDS – UNAIDS
Dr Erasmus Morah, the Country Representative, Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), said no fewer than 1.6 million…
10 latest facts you need to know about HIV/AIDS
Today December 1 is the World AIDS Day. The day has been marked yearly since 1988 by the World Health…
World AIDS Day: Group condemns false test results
The Lagos Chapter of Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) on Saturday decried false test results given…
World AIDS response still at crossroads – UN
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the HIV response stood at a crossroads, 30 years after the first World…
NACA, states to enroll 500,000 on HIV treatment
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) said it would generate about N26 billion to fund HIV programmes…
World’s AIDS Day: Awkward sexual behaviours promotes HIV/AIDS
The International Red Cross Society (IRCS) has said that homosexuality and other awkward sexual behaviours, like human to animal intercourse,…