Tag: AIDS
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After Trump stopped aids, FG announces launch of Nigeria-made HIV/AIDS Drugs for 2025
After US President Donald Trump stopped foreign aids, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Temitope Ilori, has said plans are ongoing to support the domestic production of HIV commodities such as test kits and anti-retroviral drugs before the end of 2025. Ilori disclosed this at the weekend in Ilorin,…
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HIV/AIDS remains dangerous to life, says NDDC, holds free medical tests
Despite the seeming perception of a diminishing spread of HIV/AIDS with the advent of new viruses, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has warned that the scourge remains dangerous to humans, is incurable and still prevalent in Nigeria. At an event to commemorate the 2024 World AIDS Day in Agbor, Delta State, the federal agency…
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Stakeholders urge women with HIV/AIDS to prioritise exclusive breastfeeding
Stakeholders on Wednesday urged women living with HIV/AIDS to practice exclusive breastfeeding to boost their babies’ immunity and protect them against diarrhoea and other childhood illnesses.
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Buhari denies asking Tinubu to stop probing him and former aides
The immediate past president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has denied asking his successor, President Bola Tinubu, not to probe him and some of his ex-officials. Buhari disclosed this through his former media aide, Garba Shehu via Twitter. He described the report of him asking Tinubu not to probe him and his…
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AIDS: One out of 100 people positive in Kaduna – KADSACA
Dr Isa Baka, the Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Aids Control Agency (KADSACA), said a survey had revealed that one out of 100 people is positive to the Aids virus in the state.
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How women are coping with HIV/AIDS, PMTCT services in Nigeria
Self-stigma has been identified as one of the major issues responsible for the low uptake of HIV/AIDS and Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services in Nigeria.
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HIV Testing, Condom Use: Nigeria, other African countries, off track 2030 targets
By Tobore Ovuorie Analysis of data from 38 African countries indicates very few, if any, are on track to reach the UNAIDS targets for HIV testing and condom use, respectively, by 2030. This was one of the major highlights in HIV prevention research recently announced at the 4th HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P),…
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UNAIDS raises alarm over deaths of 45,000 persons living with HIV in Nigeria
At least 45,000 persons living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria died in 2019, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said on Tuesday. Fiona Braka, a representative of the UN agency, made this known at a press conference ahead of the 2020 World AIDS Day organised by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS…
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7,115 AIDS patients receiving treatment in Osun –NACA
The Osun State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to an improved and affordable health care system for residents, as the National Agency for the Control of AIDS said about 7,115 carriers of the disease are currently receiving treatment in the state. The state’s Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi stated this in Osogbo on Wednesday while receiving…
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Africa needs partnership not aids – Dogara
Africa needs partnership that would develop the continent’s latent potentials and not aids and grants. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, made this known while receiving members of the Korea National Assembly, led by its Deputy Speaker, Mr Lee Ju-Young, accompanied by the Korean ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Lee In-tae, at the National…