HIV

The Government of Cross River says it is planning to achieve below one per cent prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among residents of the state.The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu disclosed this on…

The United States Government, says it will continue to support Nigeria in its quest to end the HIV pandemic in the country.The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Marybth Leonard, gave the assurance at the Workshop on Data Repository, as a…

Many hospitals in Nigeria now dispense drugs that will last for three months to people living with HIV.Mr Ikenna Nwakanma, First Co-chairman, Coalition of Civil Society Networks on HIV and AIDS in Nigeria told the News Agency…

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says treatment of at least 1.5 million Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) is key to sustaining control of HIV annually in Nigeria.The Director-General of NACA, Dr Gambo Aliyu,…

The Gombe State Government of Friday launched the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) self-testing campaign targeted to get 500,000 persons tested to know their status.The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ahmed Gana, at the…

The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, has died of cancer, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. SEE ALSO: No Approved Drug, Vaccine for COVID-19 Yet — NAFDAC This was contained in a statement issued by Bijan…

In its effort to ensure that the spread of the HIV virus is drastically reduced, the Federal Government has approved the inclusion of ”Wondfo HIV I and II rapid test kits for use in the country. The National Coordinator, National…

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 Pastor, 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…