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US Consul General raises alarm over 13,000 HIV/AIDS positive Osun residents

United States Consul General in Nigeria, Will Stevens has disclosed that getting 13,000 HIV/AIDS positive Osun residents on treatment requires communal efforts. According to Vanguard, while speaking at the launching

World AIDS DAY: Inequalities blocking end of pandemic – UN

“Of the 38 million people living with HIV, 5.9 million people who know they have HIV are not receiving treatment” As the world marks the World AIDS Day today, December

Lagos moves to raise awareness on HIV anti- stigma law

…as LSACA sensitizes journalists In a bid to raise awareness on the state’s HIV anti-stigma law, the  Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, (LSACA) has  embarked on a campaign to inform

UNAIDS partners ABCHealth to end HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria  

To ensure an end to HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, and a corporate group, the African Business Coalition for Health, ABCHealth, Thursday, signed

Share love, not STDs, DG, NACA urges on Condom, Valentines Days

The Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Gambo Aliyu has stressed the need for people to share love not HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

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HIV/AIDS: Group seek removal of ART user 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

Our donor funds enough to care for all Nigerians with HIV – NACA DG

Funds from the Global Fund, US President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), among others, are enough to place no fewer than 3.2 million Nigerians with HIV on treatment, Director-General,

Hope rises for HIV patients, others as NASS vows to implement NH Act

ABUJA – Nigeria’s  health sector may get its biggest allocation ever  if the Senate makes good its vow to fully implement the National Health Act 2014 in the 2018 national budget   Chairman

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HIV/AIDS: Adolescent deaths on increase  – PATA director

 Stakeholders advocate youth-friendly health services   A director of Positive Action for Treatment Access, (PATA) a rights-based non-governmental organisation, Dr. Iwalola Akin-Jimoh has raised the alarm about the increasing rate

GFATM suspends disbursement for HIV/AIDS, Malaria in Nigeria

The Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) has suspended its HIV and Malaria disbursement in Nigeria over failure to meet target especially in areas such as antiretroviral