98 per cent of Nigerians with HIV on treatment, says NACA

National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) yesterday said 98 per cent of persons living with HIV in the country were on treatment, with 95 per cent on viral suppression. It noted that as of September, 1,619,133 were on treatment,…

Nigeria needs N75b yearly to control HIV, treat patients

Some N75 billion is needed yearly to control the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and treat the 1.5 million patients in Nigeria. However, over $6.2 billion (N2.1 trillion) has been spent on response in the last 10 years, with about $5 billion…

Nigeria: HIV/Aids – New Infections Still High in Nigeria – Official

As Nigeria prepares to join the rest of the world to commemorate the World AIDS day on December 1, the country still accounts for more than half of new infections and deaths from AIDS-related illnesses globally. The Director General of…

Nigeria: How Nigeria’s 36 States Fare in HIV Prevalence

Two South-south states are among the three states with the highest HIV prevalence rate in Nigeria. Akwa Ibom tops the prevalence rate chart with about 5.5 per cent of its residents living with the virus. It is followed by Benue…

Nigeria: 6,000 Children Risk Contracting HIV in Kaduna State in 2019 – UNICEF

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says that 6,000 newborns in Kaduna State are at risk of contracting HIV in 2019 if elimination of Mother-To-Child Transmission (eMTCT) of HIV interventions are not implemented. Zakari Adam, Chief of Field…

Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS prevalence rate drops to 1.4%

With 1.9 million persons now living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, the world’s largest black nation has dropped to 4thposition in global HIV prevalence rate, a new survey suggests. The report is contained in the Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey,…

Remission patient shows HIV may be ‘curable’ —AIDS group

A second person is in sustained remission from HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, after ceasing treatment and is likely cured, researchers were set to announce at a medical conference on Tuesday. Ten years after the first confirmed case of…

AHF seeks reverse in HIV trends, sensitises Nigerians

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Nigeria has commemorated the 2019 International Condom Day (ICD), to promote prevention of STIs, HIV and unwanted pregnancies by freely distributing condom and holding safer sex awareness activities. Speaking during an awareness rally which started at…

HIV-positive housemaid deliberately infects 12-yr-old boy with virus

In April 2018, Memory Makore, a 40-year-old housemaid carrying the HIV disease, reportedly entered a 12-year-old boy’s bed to have sex with him without using protection. While vacationing at his grandmother’s residence in the Murewa district located in Zimbabwe’s capital,…

WHO, UNAIDS, NACA Laud Govt’s Move to Help Additional 50,000 People Living With HIV

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) have hailed the Federal Government’s new commitment to use domestic funds to provide antiretroviral drugs to an…