HIV

A Kenyan lady has caused confusion and left men in panic after she disclosed that she has tested positive for the deadly HIV virus. The curvaceous lady who is identified as Harriet Akuna alias AkunavaTheFirst on Instagram, put up a…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says on Monday that the Kaduna State Government is fully pursuing the start free, stay free and be AIDS-free agenda. Dr Idris Baba, Health Specialist, UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, stated this in…

The network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) has called on the Federal Ministry of Health to provide Anti-retroviral Drugs (ARVs) for the survival of those living with HIV. The National Coordinator of the…

The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) says it has continued to actively strengthen Nigeria’s laboratory capacity to mitigate HIV, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases in the country. SEE ALSO: DELSU to conduct Drug Test on…

The Kebbi State Ministry of Health, on Friday, said that the prevalence of HIV in the state had reduced from 1.4 per cent in 2016 to 0.6 per cent in 2018. The ministry’s Director of Public Health, Malam Mohammed Bubuche,…

Nigeria is expected to get a three-year grant worth 140 million U.S dollars (N50.75billion ) to tackle Tuberculosis (TB) in the country. SEE ALSO: What Buhari said about closed borders at UK-Africa Investment Summit Dr Emperor Ubochioma,…

A new Phase Three preventive HIV vaccine trial is to begin soon following the success of the Phase Two trial which took place in Kenya, Rwanda and the United States among healthy, low-risk and HIV negative adults. This is contained in a…

Dr Sani Aliyu, the Director-General, National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) says U.S. invested up to 400 million dollars in the fight against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus in Nigeria. Aliyu said this on Monday in Abuja at an event to…

An international team of experts is expected to arrive in southern Pakistan where an HIV outbreak has infected hundreds of children, local media reported on Monday. “A 10-member joint team of World Health Organisation (WHO) and the…

A senior pastor has been apprehended by police officers in Ejigbo, Lagos after he reportedly slept with some young boys and infected them with HIV in the process. The suspect, Chizemdere Ezuma, is said to be the owner of Jesus…

The Lagos State police command says it has arrested a clergyman, Rev. Ezuma Chizemdere of ‘Jesus Intervention Household Ministry’ Ejigbo Lagos for allegedly defiling and infecting some minors with HIV virus. According to a statement on…

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has advised Nigerians, especially youths, to know their HIV status and love wisely as they prepare to celebrate Valentine Day on Feb. 14. Dr Sani Aliyu, the Director General, NACA, gave…

There was anger in a Kenyan Church when the pastor refused to wed a couple after making them undergo three HIV tests on their wedding day, citing technical reasons according to local media. 492 Shiites have Been Killed By Nigeria’s…

The Gombe state Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (GOMSACA) says homosexuals, those injecting drugs and commercial sex hawkers are at higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDs. Boycotting 2019 Election is the only way to get a New Minimum…

Ona of Abaji and Chairman, FCT Traditional Ruling Council, Alhaji Adamu Yunusa, has appealed to the National Assembly to enact law for compulsory HIV test for intending couples in the country. Yunusa made the appeal while speaking with…

Claudio Pinti A 35-year-old man aware he had HIV and consciously passed it on to more than 200 sexual partners has been arrested in Italy. A police spokesman in Ancona, a city on Italy’s eastern Adriatic coast, told dpa on Thursday that…

Mai TT a Zimbabwean comedienne, is facing prosecution after revealing the HIV status of her ex-husband on Facebook. Reports from lawyers indicate that the ex-husband plans to institute both criminal and civil charges against her.…

A mentally disabled HIV-positive man in Zimbabwe reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Monday, Iharare reported. The deceased 51- year-old from Mavikane Village in Zimbabwe had been suicidal for a while and was always…

Some gay lovers living in Ikotun, Lagos state, allegedly got into a nasty fight after they found out that they contracted HIV. According to the Punch, one of the men, identified as Ezeugo, infected his lover with the virus. Then he'd…

Dr. Sani Aliyu The DG of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has announced preceding Valentine’s Day which is on Wednesday, that Nigerians especially youths should desist from engaging in unprotected sex. This he quoted in…

An unnamed girl is living a nightmare after she was forced to perform sexual acts on three boys in her school and getting suspended for it. The incident took place at Miami Carol City Senior High School in the US state of Florida.…

An unlicensed doctor in India has been arrested for infecting 46 or more people with HIV with a used syringe. Rajendra Yadav a mobile doctor who went from door to door offering cheap medical services to villagers was arrested by police…