Gbenga stated this on Monday in two-day media dialogue on prevention of mother-to –child transmission where he stated that 12.4% of the global burden of HIV children with an estimated number of 267, 000 Nigerian children living with the virus according to UNAIDS 2017.
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The Global Fund, an International Financing Organisation, has announced an additional humanitarian grant of 660 million dollars to tackle HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria epidemic in Nigeria.
No fewer than 3,000 Osun residents are to benefit from the Federal Government free Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B test.
The Director-General of NACA, Dr Sani Aliyu, made this known while monitoring the conduct of the survey in Awka.
According to WHO, countries are not doing enough to end tuberculosis by 2030 in spite of global efforts that averted about 54 million TB deaths since 2000.
Dr Terfa Kene, a member of NAIIS Technical Committee and Team Lead, disclosed this at a meeting with the relevant stakeholders held on Friday in Lokoja.
Dr Ruth Adabe, the Executive Director, Nasarawa State AIDS Control Agency, has said that no fewer than 43,500 people are currently living with HIV and AIDs in Nasarawa State.
Dr Sani Aliyu, the Director General, NACA, made the fact known at the public screening of Prof. Wole Soyinka’s “Keep the Promise’’ to AIDS Video Campaign, organised by AIDS Health Care Foundation.
Prof. Wole Soyinka has charged the Federal Government to take seriously its obligation to eliminate HIV and AIDs in Nigeria by taking full ownership of funding and treatment rather than relying on foreign donor support.
Obatunde Oladapo, the OYSACA Executive Secretary, disclosed this on Sunday in Ibadan during an advocacy visit to the state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Community Development, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation.
The Minister of Health, Dr Isaac Adewole, the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS, Dr Sani Aliyu and the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, signed the agreement in Abuja.
The National President of NMA, Prof. Mike Ogirima, said this at the 58the Annual General Conference and Delegates Town Hall Meeting in Abuja.
The report was given by Esther Samuel, The Chief Matron, Lagos State Ministry of Health, at a programme by a Non-governmental Organisation, Lisa Demi Project, in Lagos.
Its Chairman, Hassan Mustapha, told newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri that the victims died due to the activities of Boko Haram, which made it difficult for patients to access Anti-Retroviral Therapy and other support services
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kabiru Getso, disclosed this at a news conference to commemorate the World HIV/AIDS Day in Kano
The Blind spot shows that globally less than half of men living with HIV are on treatment, compared to 60 per cent of women
Mahesh Swaminathan, the Country Director, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sideline of a conference on: “Partnering for Sustainable HIV Epidemic Control in Nigeria.”
Dr. Djibrill Diallo, the Regional Director, UNAIDS, disclosed this during the regional media workshop organised by the agency in Dakar, Senegal, with the theme: “Informing the messengers to change the face of the fight against HIV in West and Central Africa.”
Dr Djibrill Diallo, the Regional Director, UNAIDS, made this known at the regional media workshop organised by the agency in Dakar, Senegal.
Director-General of TACAIDS, Leonard Maboko, made this known while briefing the Parliamentary Committee on AIDS on the responsibilities of the commission and the recently-established AIDS Fund, in Dodoma.