Anambra Government Urges Open Home Conversations to Combat HIV Spread
Anambra State government has called for open and regular discussions about HIV at the family unit, saying it could help curb the spread of the disease in the st...
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Nigeria Sees Drop in HIV Cases Over the Past Four Months
From January to April 2026, Nigeria recorded a decline in reported HIV cases amid growing demand for Lenacapavir, the newly introduced twice-yearly HIV preventi...
Africa Launches Game-Changing HIV Prevention Injection Boasting 99.9% Efficacy
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a new HIV-prevention injection, marking the first public rollout of the drug in Africa, the regi...
Taraba Celebrates Milestone: Over 50,000 HIV Patients Now Receiving Treatment
The Director-General of the Taraba State AIDS Control Agency ,TACA, Dr. Bako Ali Istifanus, says more than 50,310 people living with HIV in the state are curren...
National Council on AIDS: Bold steps needed to prevent HIV in Nigeria – DG, NACA
Nigeria must take bold steps to ensure that HIV prevention, treatment, and support remain accessible and resilient, especially as the donor landscapes evolve an...
Nigerian govt assures HIV drug availability amid foreign aid suspension
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...
Northern Nigeria accounts for nearly half of national HIV cases — NACA report
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 e...
Benue faces growing HIV challenge as NACA reports over 200,000 cases
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 num...
Rivers, Benue, A’Ibom top chart as Nigeria’s HIV patients hits 2 million
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...
NACA raises alarm over high HIV prevalence rate in Taraba
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 Tarab...
Police arrest man for defiling daughter, infecting her with HIV Aids in Delta
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 d...
Tuberculosis claims 35 lives in Nasarawa as infected number rises to 8,190
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 stat...