The Managing Director/ Chief Operating Officer, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), Charles Olalekan Mensah, has said that lack of healthcare funding and research would continue to make the country vulnerable to any form of a disease outbreak.

Reasons for non-usage include non-availability (350) (75.9%), high cost (389) (84.4%), inadequate sizes of available ones (300) (65.9%), lack of interest for unexplained reasons (150) (32.5%) and infectiveness of nets after some months of usage coupled with inability to retreat them (120) (26%).

Mr Abdulkadiri Ibrahim, President, Network of People living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) on Monday reiterated that HIV/AIDS had no known cure in sight.

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) says 122 indigent People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and vulnerable indigent persons in Oyo State benefited from its just concluded skills acquisition programme.

Tougher security screening may be awaiting Nigerians who are planning to visit the United States (U.S.) and other European countries in the wake of the escalated face-off

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has urged Nigerians to ensure they know their Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) status as their new year resolution.

The National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) has established its zonal office in Lagos State to monitor the control response of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and eradicate the virus pandemic in the South West region.

At the moment, we can say that the country’s situation regarding the fight against Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is good.

To effectively contain the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the country, the Senate yesterday urged the Federal Government to ensure adequate funding of the National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA).

The Director General of the National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Gambo Aliyu recently raised a worrying point, when he disclosed that the Southeast has Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence that was above national average.

Earmarked N4.3b to fight HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria More reasons have emerged why Nigeria ranked fifth among eight countries with the highest burden of Tuberculosis (TB) in 2018 namely: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and South Africa. However, in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) latest Global TB Report, released yesterday, Brazil, China, the…

Nigeria has lost the bid to host the 2021 edition of International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Africa (ICASA 2021).