Crime Health

14-Year-Old Girl In Owerri Is HIV Positive After She Was Sexually Abused (Photos

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2017 0

This is really heartbreaking. A young girl simply identified as Favour who is an orphan, has been diagnosed with HIV after a philanthropist, Paulcy Cyprian, picked her up at Control Park, Owerri, Imo state capital. The 14-year-old girl revealed how she was sexually abused and molested by random

Food & Nutrition World

Toronto Restaurant With Only HIV Positive Chefs (Photo, Video)

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2017 0

Toronto is home to a new, first-of-its-kind pop-up — the world’s only restaurant where every piece of food is made by someone with HIV. Organizers say the impetus was a recent poll that found that the thought of dining with somebody who’s HIV-positive still paralyzes them with fear. The survey by Casey House, Canada’s only […]

Health

18,000 youths living with HIV/AIDS in Kaduna – UNICEF

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday urged traditional rulers to support efforts aimed at reducing the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among adolescents in Kaduna State. UNICEF’s Communication Specialist in Kaduna, Malam Rabiu Musa, disclosed this at the opening of a two-day workshop to enlighten traditional rulers on the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among

Health

CEAFON seeks end to breast cancer deaths

Ihesiulo Grace 29 June 2017 0

Towards improving the quality of cancer care in Nigeria, stakeholders in the management of the disease have been urged to come together and address the gaps in breast cancer management in the country, particularly the problem of wrong diagnosis, poor treatment outcomes, and lack of access to drugs in order to reduce the number of […]

Health News

Malaria Killed 192, 284 Nigerians in 2015, Says Expert

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2016 0

In 2015, malaria remained the leading cause of death in Nigeria with 192,284 deaths recorded, followed by HIV/AIDS with 143,689 deaths, while diarrhea became the third top causes of death with 131,873 deaths, according to the Executive Director, Centre for Healthy Star Initiative and Global Burden of Disease Collaborator, Dr. Bolajoko Olusanya. She said while […]

Editorial Health

Eradicating HIV/AIDS by 2020

Ihesiulo Grace 2 April 2015 0

If all goes according to plan, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) hopes to suppress HIV by 2020. Stating this in Abuja, the Communications and Global Outreach Officer, UNAIDS Nigeria, Charles-Martin Jjuuko, said the group had organised a one-day seminar on the suppression of the pandemic under the new model 90-90-90. […]