9,000 Children Infected With HIV Annually – Minister
Minister of state for health, Dr. Iziaq Salako, has said Nigeria has made progress in preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of ...
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Federal Gov’t Restates Commitment To Ending Paediatric HIV, Mother-to-Child Transmission
The National AIDS and STIs Control Programme (NASCP) of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has reiterated the ...
Nigeria Makes Strides Toward HIV Epidemic Control Amid Funding Pause
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, through the National AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Control Programme (NASCP), has ...
Nigeria, 7 Others Face HIV Treatment Shortage Amid Trump Aid Suspension
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday listed Nigeria among eight countries that may soon face a shortage of HIV ...
Malaria, HIV, TB, Lassa Fever Remain Endemic In Nigeria
Nigeria is still far from winning the fight against some killer diseases, which have become endemic. Investigation conducted by LEADERSHIP ...
HIV Prevalence Drops From 2.5% To 1.1% In Adamawa
The Adamawa State Government has announced a decline in human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) occurrence from 2.5 percent in 2014 to ...
160,000 Children Living With HIV – NACA
The director-general of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori, has said that prevention of ...
CIHP Screens 3m Gombe Residents For HIV
The Centre for Integrated Health Programmes (CIHP) has said it has tested not less than three million people in Gombe ...
New HIV Prevention Injection Safe, Effective – Study
One of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention Injections, Lenacapavir, that was being studied in the PURPOSE 1 HIV prevention ...
New Study Reveals How HIV Can Be Eliminated
Researchers have eliminated HIV from cells in a laboratory, raising hopes of a cure for the virus, which results in ...
