AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF)
6 Sep
Following the recent Mpox outbreak which continues to pose a serious health threat in Africa, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria has called for urgent global action to address vaccine inequity, which is severely hampering the continent's ability to respond effectively. Recall that the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has been at the forefront of advocacy…
14 Aug 2024
An NGO, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), on Wednesday, said they have provided in-care HIV/AIDS services support to over two million persons living with the virus globally. Dr Echey Ijezie, Nigeria's Country Director, made this known at an event in Abuja to mark the milestone recorded in 47 countries since its over 20 years of operation.…
29 May 2024
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Nigeria, has stressed the need to set up ‘pad banks’ in schools and communities that would assist teenage girls in the event of menstrual emergencies. The organisation disclosed this while commemorating the 2024 Menstrual Health Day (MHD), held at Angwan-Jukun, Wurukum, Makurdi Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue state on…
27 May 2024
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria will on this year's Menstrual Health Day (MHD) host an event at Government Senior Secondary School, Jabi, FCT, Abuja; Ibesikpo Secondary Commercial School, Nung Udoe, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State; and in Agyogoyo Angwan-Jukun community, Makurdi, in Benue State, on Tuesday, May 28, to fight period poverty and eliminate the harmful…
9 May 2024
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and the AHF Global Public Health Institute, in collaboration with some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for a readjustment of the current draft of the World Health Organisation (WHO) pandemic agreement to strengthen the international community’s ability to detect and respond to future pandemics threat, particularly in developing nations.…
29 Apr 2024
A Non-Governmental Organisation, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria, has taken advocacy training to Nnung Udoe community in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom to develop the capacity of community members to be able to advocate for access to healthcare services, and other welfare issues in the community. Speaking to newsmen on Saturday at…
19 Apr 2024
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO, on Thursday, trained women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the FCT, Abuja, on prevention of transmission of the virus to infants. The organisation’s Country Director, Dr Echey Ijezie, said during a one-day workshop for participants across the six area councils of the FCT, that the initiative is…
22 Mar 2024
Ahead of the World Tuberculosis (TB) Day recognised annually on March 24, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria is raising awareness on one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases that is the leading cause of death for people living with HIV, yet 100 per cent preventable and treatable. AHF Nigeria in partnership with other stakeholders, particularly…
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