The suspension of United States foreign aid for HIV/AIDS programs could reverse decades of progress and expose Nigeria to a renewed epidemic, a leading health expert has warned. Dr. Nandul Durfa, Managing Director of the Reach Care Foundation, raised the alarm on Sunday in Abuja following the termination of funding agreements for several health organizations […]
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, has called on the European Union (EU) to strengthen its collaborative efforts with Africa in the battle to eliminate HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria. Addressing members of the European Parliament earlier this week, Pate emphasised that Europe’s engagement with Africa on health security […]
The Bauchi State Government has announced a significant decline in HIV/AIDS prevalence rate from 6.8% in 2001 to 0.4% in 2018, according to the NAIIS Report. Speaking at the 2025 World AIDS Day commemoration, the state Health Commissioner, Dr. Sani Mohammed Dambam, highlighted Bauchi’s progress, including 29,874 people living with HIV receiving ART and 863 […]
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has reported a steep decline in condom distribution in Nigeria, stating that it fell by 55 per cent over the past year as the global HIV response faces what the agency describes as its most serious setback in decades. Releasing its 2025 World AIDS Day report, Overcoming Disruption, […]
The Abia State government has dismissed claims of a surge in HIV/AIDS cases in the state. Uloaku Emma Ukaegbu, director general of the Abia State Agency for the Control of AIDS (ABSACA), clarified in a press briefing in Umuahia on Wednesday that the reports are based on outdated data from a 2018 survey. “We are […]
By Nsikak Ekpenyong A Nigerian researcher in phytho-medicine and Former Director of the Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Abuja, Dr Ben Amodu, has said he has invented a cure for HIV/AIDS. He called on the Federal Government to carry out a clinical trial of the drug he invented for the treatment of the disease. […]
The Federal Government has unveiled the National HIV/AIDS Strategic plan for 2023-2027 (NSP 2023-2027) and the Sustainability and Country Ownership HIV Response in Nigeria. Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation stated this during the 2023 World AIDS Day (WAD) on Friday in Abuja. He said that the documents show the government’s […]
*Says urgent action needed to prevent millions of infections By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The latest report released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed that at least 1.7 million children living with HIV were not on treatment in 2020. According to the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS […]
By Doosur Iwambe The Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (CiSHAN) has revealed that out of the 1.9million people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, about 900,000 are yet to show up for treatment and are currently unaccounted for. To address this gap, the group said that it has launched a campaign with […]
About 16, 588 people living with HIV in Bauchi state have been enrolled for treatment by the Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Malaria (BACATMA) as against 13, 503 in 2017. Executive Chairman of the Agency, Dr Muhammad Sambo Alkali disclosed this yesterday during the occasion of the 2018 World […]
A 12-year-old Yusuf Adamu, sometime in January slumps in his father’s lap, head pressed against his chest. Infected at birth with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), he is tiny for his age and has birdlike limbs. He has been feverish for 3 days, which is why his father, Ibrahim, brought him to the pediatric HIV/AIDS clinic […]
The first two cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Nigeria were identified in 1985 and were reported at an international AIDS conference in 1986. Unfortunately, 32 years down the line, the infection has continued to spread rapidly creating great impact on health welfare, employment and criminal justice sectors, thereby affecting all […]
Many years ago, I was in Abuja to attend an international workshop on one of those human development issues that used to engage a lot of attention in those days: sustainable development goals, maternal mortality, maternal morbidity, adolescent sexuality, women’s political representation, the Beijing declaration, HIV/AIDS reporting… Those were hot topics in those days as […]
…Says the country records 267,000 new cases in children The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that Nigeria is responsible for 24 per cent of global burden of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the world. Quoting the UNAIDS report of 2017, Dr. Ijaodola Olugbenga, Assistant Director, National Aids and STIs Control Programme, (NASCF) in […]
…Reaffirms resolve to achieve 90-90-90 targets by 2020 The Federal Government has said that about 1,066,223 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIVs) including 54,167 children have currently been placed on treatment with support from donors, development partners and the Government of Nigeria (GoN). The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, who stated this, also revealed that […]
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), a Non-Governmental Organisation, on Friday said it has achieved a remarkable milestone of providing HIV and AIDS medical care and services to more than 1 million patients globally. Advocacy and Marketing Manager AHF, Mr Steve Aborisade, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said the foundation is the largest AIDS […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on media executives to scale up public enlightenment on the growing rate of HIV/AIDS among adolescents in Nigeria. The Communication Officer of UNICEF, Kaduna Field Office, Mr Rabiu Musa, made the call on Wednesday in Keffi at a meeting with some media executives in Keffi, Nasarawa State. […]
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS across Katsina State dropped to 0.7 per cent from 2.3 per cent last week, the Executive Secretary of the State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA), Dr. Muntari Hassan Kankia, has said. Kankia, who, made this known during the distribution of food items to 29 HIV/AIDS patient associations in the […]
The Deputy Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, Mr Cosmos Ndukwe, has called for massive sensitisation on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and infant mortality in rural areas. Ndukwe made the call in Umuahia on Tuesday while receiving Dr Ajike Kalu, the Project Director, Abia State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (ABSACA) in the […]
National AIDS Control Agency (NACA) has said that HIV/AIDS prevalence has been on the increase among youth in recent time in most parts of the country. Speaking during advocacy visits to media stations and government agencies in Ilorin on Thursday, Head, Public Relations and Protocol of the agency, Mrs. Toyin Aderibigbe, said that the virus […]