The world can still end AIDS by 2030
Summary: UNAIDS, an organization that works to end AIDS, says that even though a recent trial for an HIV vaccine did not work, it is important to continue using other ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Tag: HIV/AIDS
Nigeria: Program launched in Oyo state to expand HIV treatment coverage among children and pregnant women
The United States Government, through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), launched the Accelerating Progress in Pediatrics and PMTCT (AP3) program in Oyo State to scale ...
Hope for people co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its guidelines for the treatment of people co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV, to recommend better treatments based on the results of ...
New drug outperforms PreP in preventing HIV among African women
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has announced that it is strongly encouraged by new study results showing that the antiretroviral medicine cabotegravir, which is administered by injection every ...
Agreement signed to strengthen support to countries in ending AIDS
UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) have signed a strategic framework for cooperation and collaboration to strengthen and accelerate support to countries’ efforts ...
There are fewer people living with HIV in Nigeria than previously thought
According to results released today by Nigerian government, there is a national HIV prevalence in Nigeria of 1.4% among adults aged 15–49 years although previous estimates had indicated a national ...
Nigeria may not meet UNAIDS target for HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS still remains a public health threat that affects people across the world and Nigeria still ranks high among countries with huge burden of HIV in the world, making her ...
How I got HIV through unsafe abortion
I was totally against family planning because of the fear of infertility but I followed my friends to a place where they used one kit for all of us. I ...
Nigerian health workers’ strike threatens HIV treatment compliance
Ongoing strike action has disrupted HIV treatment across Nigeria This week, the ongoing strike action embarked upon by Nigerian health workers under the umbrella of the Joint Health Sector Unions ...
New nationwide survey aims to establish Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS prevalence
Nigeria wants to know its current HIV/AIDS prevalence via nationwide survey The Nigerian National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) with the support of the federal ministry of health is ...
