Nigeria pledges US$ 12 million at the Sixth Global Fund Replenishment Conference
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Abuja, 15 October 2019 – HIV, tuberculosis and malaria are preventable and treatable diseases, yet globally they kill more than 2.6 million…
NACA acknowledges Heroes of the HIV Response
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The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Nigeria Program, on June 10, 2019 gave awards honouring 16 distinguished men…
Love Wisely, Share Love not HIV: Valentine 2019
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Abuja, 11th February 2019: The Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Dr. Sani Aliyu wants to use this…
Top Ten News Items on Health, 11 August 2017
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Nigeria Records Poor Outing as Only 23% of Children Get Immunised. Revamp PHCs in your states, Health Minister urges governors. FG plans relocation of…
A mighty Iroko in the Nigerian health sector has fallen: A tribute to the late Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
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“I shall not mourn you! Not at all. You were a blessing. Your footprints are large but your humanity much larger. First,…
Zero Discrimination Day
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Abuja 1st March 2017– The world has struggled against the HIV and AIDS epidemic for the past three decades with substantial progress…
Re: Nigerian scientist conquers HIV/AIDS
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Our attention has been drawn to a recent media statement by Maduike Ezeibe, a Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Virology at…
Prevention Conference to highlight key HIV/AIDS findings
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PRESS RELEASE Prevention Conference to highlight key HIV/AIDS findings Abuja, 14 November 2016 — A national scientific Conference on HIV prevention has…
Is this the breaking of a new dawn in Nigeria’s health sector?
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Last Friday’s news flash that President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed new heads to five public health institutions took the Nigerian health sector…
Ten highlights from the 21st International Conference on AIDS
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[dropcap]O[/dropcap] ver the last week, your Nigeria Health Watch team has been at the 21st International AIDS Conference, the largest conference on…
Back to Durban, for the International Conference on AIDS
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I have profound memories of the 13th International AIDS Conference that was held in Durban, South Africa, in July 2000. I was…
The Global Fund, Governance and the Shame of a Country
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Gloria is a vibrant young lady who is “living positively” with HIV. She featured on our #OpenMoH radio show five months ago…
HIV elimination goals and the reality of living with HIV in Nigeria
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Today is World AIDS day 2015. All over the media in Nigeria, there have been reports on the new goal of the…
When a system fails, our children die...
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A lot has been said and written about the HIV/AIDS epidemic since its emergence. No doubt, it is one of the most…