1.63 million Nigerians with HIV on treatment – NACA
By Lara Adejoro The National Agency for the Control of AIDS on Friday said 1.8 million persons are estimated to be living with HIV in […]
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Poor antenatal testing responsible for increased HIV infection in babies – Experts
Angela Onwuzoo Medical experts have blamed the alarming rate of babies born with HIV in Nigeria on the lack of access to HIV testing by […]
Ignorance fuels mothers-to-newborns HIV infections
LARA ADEJORO writes about tales of secrecy, betrayals, and ignorance, as parents infect newborns with HIV Fiddaus and five other women were trying their hardest […]
Stakeholders task firms on patent right for HIV, hepatitis drugs
Stakeholders have called for an open license for the generic production of HIV and hepatitis C drugs to allow low and middle-income countries access to […]
Severe mpox identified in advanced HIV cases, study says
Researchers said on Tuesday that they have identified a particularly severe form of mpox in people with advanced HIV which had a death rate of […]
Third person cured of HIV after stem cell transplant —Study
A man known as “the Duesseldorf patient” has become the third person declared cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant that also treated […]
Valentine: Share love, not HIV, NACA tells Nigerians
Lara Adejoro The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr. Gambo Aliyu has urged Nigerians to know their HIV status […]
160,000 children acquired HIV in 2021 –WHO
Lara Adejoro The World Health Organisation said 160,000 children acquired the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in 2021. The WHO also said a child dies from AIDS-related […]
Why adolescents with HIV need medication support —Paediatrician
Angela Onwuzoo A Consultant Paediatrician in the Clinical Services Department of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Agatha David, has said that […]
Another HIV vaccine trial fails after large-scale study
Lara Adejoro The only vaccine against HIV being tested nearing the completion of testing trials has proved ineffective, its manufacturer has announced. Known as Mosaico, […]