Dr Nicholas Baamlong, Plateau State Commissioner for Health, has put the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in the state at 1.6 per cent. Baamlong disclosed this on Friday in Jos during a media briefing on the activities and achievements of his office from May 2023 to date. The… Plateau’s HIV prevalence rate stands at 1.6 per cent … Read more
Nigeria is taking proactive steps to ensure the continued availability of HIV treatment despite the current pause in the United States government’s funding, the National AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STIs Control Program, NASCP, of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare… Nigerian govt assures HIV drug availability amid foreign aid suspension …C0NTINUE READING HERE … Read more
Northern Nigeria continues to bear a disproportionate burden of the country’s HIV crisis, with 19 states in the region accounting for nearly half of Nigeria’s estimated two million HIV cases. This is according to the latest 2024 HIV Spectrum Estimates released by the… Northern Nigeria accounts for nearly half of national HIV cases — NACA … Read more
Three states – Rivers, Benue, and Akwa Ibom – top the chart in the latest HIV spectrum estimates obtained from the National Agency for the Control of AIDS. Over two million people are reported to be currently living with HIV across Nigeria. The report stated that the 2024… Rivers, Benue, A’Ibom top chart as Nigeria’s … Read more
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has released its 2024 HIV spectrum estimates, revealing that Rivers State tops the chart with the highest number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Nigeria, with a staggering 208,767 cases. Closely following are Benue State… Benue faces growing HIV challenge as NACA reports over 200,000 … Read more
The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Temitope Ilori, has expressed concern over the 2.9% HIV prevalence rate in Taraba State, calling for intensified and united efforts to curb the spread of the virus and meet the 2030 goal of ending… NACA raises alarm over high HIV prevalence … Read more
The Police in Otu-Jeremi Division, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested a forty eight, 48 year old father living with HIV AIDS for defiling his 10-year old daughter. The suspect, identified as David, was arrested Friday morning, DAILY POST can… Police arrest man for defiling daughter, infecting her with HIV Aids … Read more
The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has confirmed that 35 residents lost their lives to Tuberculosis (TB) in 2024, out of the 8,190 cases recorded in the state. The deaths were attributed to the severity of their infections. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Gaza Gwamna,… Tuberculosis claims 35 lives in Nasarawa as infected number rises … Read more