Tag: HIV
World Day: UNICEF Says 300,000 Children Newly Infected With HIV In...
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF says about 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020, which translates to one child every two...
HIV/Syphilis: FG To Distribute 4m Test Kits To Stop Mother-Child Transmission
The Federal Government has introduced the use of test kits to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission as the country plans to distribute four million test...
UNICEF Tasks Media On Prevention Of Mother-To-Child Transmission Of HIV, AIDS
The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund UNICEF has urged the media to focus more on reportage of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and...
HIV/AID: 44,000 Nigerian Drug Users Who Share Needles Responsible For Spread...
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA says over 44,000 Nigerian drug users who exchange needles and syringes in groups while ingesting...
Condom Day: Agency Encourage People To Share Love, Not HIV
The
Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, Gambo Aliyu
has stressed the need for people to share love not HIV and other...
HIV: Agency Trains 122 Vulnerable Persons To Reduce New Infections
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA says 122 indigent People Living with HIV, PLHIV and exposed indigent persons in Oyo State...
HIV: FG Validates Efficacy Of Self-Test Kits
The National AIDS and STDs Control Programme, NASCP
has acknowledged the efficacy of the HIV self-test kits for use in Nigeria with
98.4 per cent specificity...
Yellow Fever: Death Toll Rises To 17 In Bauchi State
The
Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency says one more patient of
yellow fever has died in Alkaleri Local Council of the state.The
agency’s Executive Chairman...
HIV: Scientists Working Hard To Find Cure – Gupta
A
Professor of Clinical Microbiology, University College, London, Ravindra Gupta has
said there was hope for HIV cure in the near future.Gupta,
who said this in an...
HIV: 6,000 Children Risk Contracting Disease In Kaduna State In 2019...
The United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF says that 6,000
newborns in Kaduna State are at risk of contracting HIV in 2019 if elimination
of Mother-To-Child...