The President assured the United States Government that Nigeria would continue to prioritize the fight against HIV/AIDS until the disease was no longer a public health threat.
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This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the United States of America diplomatic mission to Nigeria.
The State Coordinator, Fatima Bayero, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi, the State capital
This was disclosed by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Muhammed Makusidj, during a news conference.
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The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Wednesday.
The president spoke, via a video message, at a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on HIV\AIDS to review the progress on commitment to end the deadly disease by 2030 and provide recommendations to guide and monitor response in countries.
In its memorandum to the National Assembly on the ongoing constitutional review, LA sought to strengthen laws affecting the vulnerable population in the country.
The handover took place in a ceremony between Ambassador Leonard, who is leading the U.S. delegation on a tour of the U.S. government activities in Akwa Ibom, President and Founder of Belemaoil Nigeria Ltd. Tein Jack-Rich.
Under the MOU, the United States through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), will provide technical assistance to the NLNG-led Bonny Island Malaria Elimination Project. The partnership seeks to bring malaria deaths to zero in the community of 300,000 and make the island Nigeria’s first malaria-free zone.
The president stated this when he hosted the Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winnie Byanyima, at State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.
Some of the students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews in Sokoto on Sunday, expressed little knowledge about the virus, mode of transmission, prevention and care.
The beneficiaries were given items that included sewing machines, footwear making machines and make-up kits, among others.
Olanrewaju Babamole, Lagos State Coordinator of NYNETHA, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos.
The DG disclosed this at a workshop for journalists, as part of World AIDS Day commemoration on Tuesday in Kano.
He made the disclosure during a candlelight memorial for people who died from the condition in Nigeria,
organised by Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS in Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Akanmu made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on the challenges that HIV/AIDS had taken a back stage in 2020 due to emergence of COVID-19 pandemic.
Oyefabi made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the challenge of HIV/AIDS, which has now been pushed to the background due to global outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
They spoke in a survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria in some parts of Lagos State ahead of the 2020 World AIDS Day slated for December 1.