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FG’s partners commit $100m to rebase HIV epidemic in Nigeria
Federal Government’s partners in the fight against HIV/AIDS have set aside US$100 million to conduct a national survey to rebase the epidemic in Nigeria. Dr Erasmus Morah, Country Director of the Joint...
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Ekiti NMA clamp down on quacks, illegal medical centres
Nigerian Medical Association ( NMA ), Ekiti State chapter, on Sunday, says it has signed a pact with the state government for introduction of accreditation of health facilities to fish out operators of...
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Adamawa Assembly passes law on compulsory HIV/AIDS, genotype test for couples
The Adamawa House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a law for compulsory HIV and genotype (sickle cell anaemia) test for couples before marriage. The law was unanimously passed after the third reading of...
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UNAIDS, NNPA partner to empower journalists
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) in collaboration with National Newspapers Publishers Association ( NNPA ), USA, have pledged to empower journalists in West and Central Africa with skills...
View ArticleLagos seeks support to tackle cancer, HIV/AIDS
THE Lagos State Government has identified the need to explore the private sector involvement in its drive to increase public awareness of cancer, HIV/AIDS to further stem the spread of these diseases....
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NYSC registers 2,071 corps members in Niger
The National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ) says it registered 2,071 corps members comprising 991 males and 1,080 females for the 2017 Batch ‘B’ orientation course in Niger. Mrs Theresa Arokoyo, the NYSC...
View ArticleOyo SACA targets 13,000 for HIV/AIDs screening
OYO State Agency for the Control of Aids (OYSACA) is targeting about 13,000 people for free HIV/AIDS counselling and screening across the 33 local governments area of the state. The figure, according...
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JNI wants Kaduna to establish HIV/AIDS centres in LGAs
The Jama,atul Nasirul Islam ( JNI ) Kaduna chapter has appealed to the state Government to establish more HIV/Aids centers across the 23 local governments to reduce the high rate of the scourage in...
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Kano to propose compulsory HIV Testing bill
The Kano State Government said on Friday that it had been working to propose a bill on compulsory HIV/AIDS testing for all new couples in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabiru Getso,...
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16, 000 persons living with HIV died in Borno – NEPWAN
The Borno chapter of the Network of Persons Living With HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWAN), said on Saturday that at least 16, 000 members of the organisation died in the last three years in the state....
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Total Upstream, NiBUCAA take HIV/AIDS campaign to Lagos schools
To increase awareness on the universal health coverage goal and commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day, Total Upstream companies in Nigeria and Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (NiBUCAA) have...
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50% of Nigerians living with HIV are adolescents – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Education Fund ( UNICEF ) said on Wednesday that 50 per cent of the 3.1 million Nigerians living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) are adolescents, ranging from the...
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Nigeria second largest HIV epidemic in 2016 – Report
Nigeria had the second largest HIV epidemic in 2016, with over 196,000 adolescents representing 10 per cent of the global burden said to be living with HIV/AIDS, according to a World Health Report. The...
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Libya returnees test positive for HIV/AIDS
Some Nigerians deported from Libya have tested positive for HIV/AIDS. Screening was carried out by Edo State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA). Alarmed by the discovery, the state said it has begun...
View Article360,000 adolescents expected to die of AIDS by 2030 -UNICEF
Some 360,000 adolescents are expected to die of AIDS by 2030 if investment in HIV prevention is not ramped up, according to a UNICEF report released on Thursday. The figures show the world is “off...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day: CSO calls for inclusion of treatment, care in NHIS
The Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CISHAN), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has called for the inclusion of treatment and care of persons living HIV/AIDS in the National Health Insurance...
View ArticleWAD: Association advocates healthy lifestyle
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS), also known as Pyrates Confraternity, has advocated safe and healthy lifestyles to stem the scourge of HIV/AIDS in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria...
View ArticleGroup lauds HIV\AIDS self-testing programme
In its bid to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDs among youths, the 4Youth-By-Youth (4YBY) group has lauded the self-testing programme of three young Nigerians. In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of...
View ArticleLagos sensitises 500 religious leaders on HIV/AIDS
The Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA) has commenced the sensitisation of 500 religious leaders across the five divisions of Lagos State on HIV/AIDS, in order to increase the uptake of HIV Testing...
View ArticleHIV/AIDS: Group seeks removal of ARV fee in 2019
The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) has called on governments to ensure Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) is completely free, accessible and without user fee in 2019. Mr Peter...
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