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Nigeria: UNAIDS - Nigeria Has Second Largest HIV Epidemic Worldwide
This Day, 5 December 2017
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has reported that Nigeria purportedly has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world and has one of the highest new… Read more »
Nigeria Has Second Largest HIV Rate in the World - UN
Many people are unaware of their HIV status due to insufficient testing and counselling centres in the country. Coupled with this challenge is the shortage of anti-retroviral drugs at hospitals and clinics.
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Nigeria: 270,000 Nigerian Children Living With HIV - Unicef
Premium Times, 6 December 2017
The UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, has said that no fewer than 270,000 estimated children aged 0 to 14 years were living with HIV in Nigeria in 2016. Read more »
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Africa: UNICEF - HIV-Related Deaths in Adolescents On Increase in West, Central Africa
This Day, 6 December 2017
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund UNICEF has said that a fresh report on HIV response among children and adolescents in West and Central Africa had revealed… Read more »
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Central Africa: West and Central Africa Lagging Far Behind World in HIV Response, Warns Unicef
UN News, 5 December 2017
Four in five children living with HIV in West and Central Africa are still not receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy and AIDS-related deaths among adolescents aged 15-19 are… Read more »
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Nigeria: Many Complaints of Persons Living With HIV in Nigeria
Guardian, 5 December 2017
Martins Aluko (not real name) has been living with the disease since 2007. "The medication is not readily available; so many patients have to struggle to buy the drugs just to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Senate Inaugurates Committee to End HIV/Aids Scourge By 2030
Guardian, 5 December 2017
Senate President Bukola Saraki has inaugurated the National Coalition Against AIDS (NASSCOA) to curb HIV/AIDS scourge by 2030. Read more »
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Nigeria: 'For Being HIV Positive, I Was Made to Sleep in the Open'
Vanguard, 3 December 2017
Today, the official Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence in Nigeria is 3.2 per cent among the adult population, meaning about 3.4 million Nigerians live with the virus.… Read more »
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Nigeria: Sustaining Free HIV Treatment in Nigeria
Guardian, 1 December 2017
Nigeria may not be able to meet the National Strategic Framework (NSF) 2017-2021 Targets and the United Nations 90-90-90 ambitious treatment plan to end Human Immuno-deficiency… Read more »
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Leadership, 1 December 2017
As the world all over celebrate the World Aids day which is an annual event celebrated every 1st December, Kaduna State Aids Control Agency (KADSACA) in collaboration with the… Read more »
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Nigeria: HIV/Aids - Nigerians to Get Tools to Do Self-Tests At Home - Minister
Premium Times, 15 November 2017
Nigerians will soon have more access to HIV self-test kits, which will allow them know their HIV status from the comfort of their homes, the minister of health, Isaac Adewole, has… Read more »
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The government has said Dolutegravir, the new drug for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, is already being used in Nigeria, although only by those who can afford it because of its high ... Read more »
