Tag: AIDS
360,000 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...
MTV focuses on HIV prevention, self-testing in new drama series
MTV Staying Alive Foundation (MTV SAF), Unitaid, and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine on Wednesday announced a three-year partnership to introduce and...
Police arrest man for allegedly infecting more than 200 with HIV
An HIV-positive man who might have consciously passed on the deadly virus to more than 200 sexual partners has been arrested in Italy.
A spokesman...
People living with HIV/AIDS beg JOHESU to end strike
The Network of People Living with HIV andAIDS (NEPWHAN) on Friday appealed to the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) to end its nationwide strike...
NGOs slam Global Fund partnership with Heineken
Civil society groups Thursday called on The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to scrap a new partnership with Dutch brewing giant...
Nigeria had 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...
200,000 living with HIV in Oyo – NACA DG
Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Sani Aliyu, says an estimated 200,000 people are living with HIV in Oyo State.
He...
#FelaRemembrance: Family, fans remember Fela 20 years after death
Afrobeat creator, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, died on August 2, 1997 from complications related to AIDS.
Arguably the biggest musician that ever came out of Nigeria,...
US awards micro-grants to support children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
The US Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria on Friday announced a N2.9 million micro-grant to 50 women caregivers to support the economic wellbeing of their...
5,000 IDPs infected with HIV/AIDS in Borno – Official
No fewer than 5,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 27 camps in Borno are currently living with HIV/AIDS.
Coordinator on HIV/AIDS in Borno, Hassan Mustapha,...