By Sola Ogundipe While COVID-19 has devastated communities worldwide and remained in the spotlight since last year, the world must keep fighting to protect gains made against HIV/AIDS—a pandemic that has been raging for over 30 years and remains a global public health crisis. On World AIDS Day 2020, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AHF, unveiled a […]

Stigma and discrimination are factors that stop many people from owning up to their HIV status and also stop them from availing themselves for testing and accessing treatment and care. Mr Dennis Otabo, the Coordinator of the Civil Society for HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (CISHAN), Rivers chapter, disclosed this in an interview with the […]

The Bauchi State Government on Tuesday said HIV/AIDS prevalence in the state significantly dropped from 6.8 per cent recorded in 2001 to 0.4 per cent in 2019. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Aliyu Maigoro, made the disclosure in Bauchi on Tuesday at an event to mark World AIDS Day, annually celebrated on Dec. 1 to […]

Says 1m people infected, 440,000 died in 2019 By Chioma Obinna With 1 million people infected and 440,000 lives lost to AIDS in the African region in 2019, the World Health Organization, WHO has raised the alarm that new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths were not reducing fast enough to meet the Sustainable Development Goal […]

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a public health issue of concern. To commemorate the 2020 World AIDS Day, the media team of the Young Pharmacists’ Group (YPG) Cross River state, headed by Pharm. Ama Ekanem, paid a visit to the Chairperson of the Association of Lady Pharmacists (ALPS), Pharm Ema Ebong, and the Chairman, […]