Tag: HIV
Man gets life imprisonment for infecting wife’s niece with HIV
A High Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos State has sentenced a man, Richard Saviour, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his...
335 Nigerian infants test positive for HIV
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, says the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) identified and initiated 6,309 HIV positive pregnant...
U.S. invests $7.8bn for HIV prevention, treatment in Nigeria
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, says the U.S. government has invested over $7.8 billion in Nigeria through the President’s Emergency Plan...
US CDC launches HIV treatment programme in Oyo
The United States Government through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), has launched the Accelerating Progress in Pediatrics and PMTCT...
GSU medical student secures 50,000 free HIV test kits for Nigeria
A 500-level medical student of the Gombe State University (GSU), Ibrahim Mohammed Bello, has secured over 50,000 Oraquick HIV test kits for distribution across...
Buhari launches N62bn HIV Trust Fund, 1.7m Nigerians on treatment
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched a N62 billion trust fund to help Nigeria end AIDS as a public health threat and...
One child infected with HIV every two minutes in 2020 –...
A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has shown that, at least, one child globally was infected with the Human Immunodeficiency...
