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Nigeria responsible for 24 per cent global burden of HIV/AIDS – UNICEF

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2018 0

…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,

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205 women at UNAIDS dismiss claims of sexual harassment

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2018 0

More than 205 women from UNAIDS Offices across the world, from every level and every continent, have dismissed speculations of sexual harassment in the organisation. This is contained in a statement from UNAIDS made available to journalists by Mr Charles-Martin Jjuuko, Communications and Global Outreach Officer, UNAIDS Nigeria, on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement quoted

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Aisha Buhari tasks private health institutions on affordable treatments

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2018 0

*Urges them to check cases of malpractices by private hospitals Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has tasked private medical institutions in Nigeria to make treatments affordable and accessible by reducing the high cost of their services in the country. Speaking while playing host to the officials of the Association of General and Private […]

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UNAIDS Moves to Win War against HIV by 2020

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) says it will suppress HIV by 2020. In a statement on Thursday in Abuja by the Communication and Global Outreach Officer, UNAIDS Nigeria, Charles-Martin Jjuuko, Communication and Global Outreach Officer, UNAIDS Nigeria, the group had organised a one-day seminar on suppression of the disease under the […]