Tag: HIV
200,000 living with HIV in Oyo – NACA DG
Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Sani Aliyu, says an estimated 200,000 people are living with HIV in Oyo State.
He...
50 % people in Gombe don’t know HIV/AIDS status – Official
Programme Manager, Gombe State Agency for the Control of HIV and AIDS (GOMSACA), Dr Suraj Abdulkarim, has said 50 percent of people in the...
US awards micro-grants to support children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
The US Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria on Friday announced a N2.9 million micro-grant to 50 women caregivers to support the economic wellbeing of their...
Court dissolves marriage over wife’s HIV status
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama on Monday nullified a four-year-old marriage between Mr. Ugochukwu Eke and Uchenna Eke because...
5,000 IDPs infected with HIV/AIDS in Borno – Official
No fewer than 5,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 27 camps in Borno are currently living with HIV/AIDS.
Coordinator on HIV/AIDS in Borno, Hassan Mustapha,...
72,000 adolescents live with HIV in Lagos — AIDS Agency
About 72,000 adolescents are living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Lagos State, Chief Executive Officer of Lagos State AIDS Control Agency (LSACA),...
9,579 test positive to HIV in Lagos
No fewer than 9,579 people were tested positive to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) out of the 616,318 that attended the HIV Counselling and Testing...
10 causes of low sperm count
A recent study by researchers at Skane University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden indicates that men with low sperm count run a heightened risk of...
Watch trailer of Juliet Ibrahim’s HIV movie
Hope is a family drama that tells the story of Leo, a character who has it all – a beautiful wife and a great...
$3.8 million fraud stops aid to Nigeria’s AIDS agency
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has suspended payments to the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) over evidence...