The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated Global Fund Grant Cycle-7 on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Resilient and Sustainable System for 2024-2026 implementation periods. Prof. Ali Pate, the Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Federal Ministry of Health, said the…
The Federal Government has unveiled the National HIV/AIDS Strategic plan for 2023-2027 (NSP 2023-2027) and the Sustainability and Country Ownership HIV Response in Nigeria. Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation stated this during the 2023 World…
The Federal Government says Nigeria has made huge progress in the HIV/AIDS response and is on the way to ending the disease by 2030. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Thursday during a media…
Dr Gambo Aliyu, the Director-General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), says Nigeria has recorded significant decline in the number of persons infected with HIV He disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday, ahead of…
The House of Representatives Committee on HIV, Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria has pledged to make necessary amendments to existing laws to ensure the fight against Malaria, HIV/Aids and Tuberculosis is enhanced. The Chairman of the Committee, Amobi Ogah stated this…
Nigeria should be moving towards epidemic control of HIV/AIDS, the Federal Government said recently. Also, National Coordinator, National HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and STI Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Adebobola Bashorun, stressed the importance of self-tests and the need for all…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed the transition committee headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to ensure that the achievements of the HIV programme are clearly highlighted in transition notes and a sustainability roadmap articulated for…
The Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS (NEPWHAN) in Cross River has advised Nigerians to embrace testing in order to ascertain their status. The Chairperson of the association, Ms Cicilia Ofum, told Newsmen in Calabar that shying away from testing…
Ogun State government in collaboration with the WHO took its COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign to people living with HIV and AIDS on Wednesday. This is part of efforts to vaccinate 50 per cent of the population in the on-going nationwide…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Friday, said that there were about 1.6 million Nigerian people living with HIV (PLHIV) under treatment. Ehanire said this at the dissemination of Survey Report on Nigeria People Living with HIV (PLHIV)…
