Children bear brunt as funding crisis threatens global HIV gains – New report
By Chioma Obinna Children are increasingly bearing the brunt of the global HIV response as funding cuts disrupt prevention, testing and treatment services, with 2.27 million children and adolescents aged 0–19 living with HIV in 2025. The UNAIDS Special Report for AIDS 2026, released Monday at the International AIDS Conference in Rio de Janeiro, showed […]
At last, baby Charlie Gard sentenced to death is dead
Charlie Gard, the terminally-ill British baby whose plight drew sympathy from Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump and sparked a debate about medical ethics, died on Friday, his mother said.
Patients agonise over breakdown of radiotherapy machine at LUTH
SCORES of cancer patients seeking treatment at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos are going through harrowing times following the incessant breakdown of the radiotherapy machine at the health facility.
Vaginal ring preventing HIV to be tested in Africa
After recording success amongst teenage girls in the US, plans are in progress to test in Africa, a vaginal ring that prevents HIV infection.
Anxiety as WHO alerts on spread of HIV drug resistance
Many of our patients who are on first line drugs are failing and they should be put on second line drugs which are not available now
LAUTECH doctors demand reversal of salary cut
Medical doctors at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, LAUTECH, have raised alarm over what they described as ‘unlawful and “inconsiderate” slashing of their salaries by the State government.
