Tag: HIV
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HIV increases risk of severe COVID-19 infection – WHO
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report has confirmed that HIV infection is a significant independent risk factor for both severe and critical COVID-19 presentation at hospital admission and in-hospital mortality. WHO, in a statement on its website, stated that nearly a quarter of people living with HIV and who were hospitalised as a result…
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FG raises alarm over new mother-to-child HIV infections
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed concern over new paediatric HIV infections in children aged 0-4 years. He expressed his worry during a national dialogue on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dialogue was organised by…
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70-year-old man living with HIV rapes 5-year-old girl
Akeh confessed to the police that he lured the five-year-old, gave her ‘Garri’ to drink, and then forcefully had carnal knowledge of her
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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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Hisbah arrest 43 people, 14 HIV positive in Kano
The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 43 people for prostitution and illegal sales of alcohol substance at Kwanar Gafan vegetables market, in Garun Malam Local Government Area of the state. Dr Harun Ibn-Syna, the Commander General of Hisbah who paraded the suspects on Monday in Sharada quarters, confirmed the arrest. “Out of the 43,…
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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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COVID-19: FG to deploy machines for testing HIV, Ebola for Coronavirus
Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health has said the federal government will deploy 300 GeneXperts Machines to test for the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Dr Ehanire disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the Presidential Taskforce Briefing on COVID-19, stressing that Nigerians should be aware that the elderly among them are…
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Exclusive: [Video]Those who wish me Covid-19, will have HIV
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has reacted to reports making the rounds in the media that he should subjects self to self-isolation. According to reports, Yahaya Bello had contacts with the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari who recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “I got no Covid, those who wish me to…
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BREAKING: Meet second patient, Adam Castillejo cured of HIV in London
A man from London has become the second person in the world to be cured of HIV, doctors say. Adam Castillejo is still free of the virus more than 30 months after stopping anti-retroviral therapy. He was not cured by the HIV drugs, however, but by a stem-cell treatment he received for a cancer he…