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Valentine’s Day: NACA cautions Nigerians against unprotected sex
NACA urges Nigerians to be concious of protection during intimate moments, undergo regular HIV testing, and engage in conversations about ...
Tag: National Agency for the Control of AIDS
How we plan to end HIV/AIDS by 2030 – Nigerian govt
The documents were unveiled as part of activities to commemorate the 2023 World AIDS Day (WAD).
HIV/AIDS: Nigerian agency seeks improved reporting to end stigma
Despite all the gains made in HIV response in the last few years, there is still a bit of challenge ...
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Board Dissolution Order: Health ministry’s agencies, parastatals affected by Tinubu’s directive
All agencies and parastatals under the Ministry of Health are affected by the president’s directive.
Nigeria needs 564 million additional condoms for adequate coverage – Report
The report was released to mark the International Condom Day (ICD), which is observed annually on February 13.
Nigerian govt to launch HIV Trust Fund
NACA says the seed money for the takeoff of the Trust Fund is about $15 million.
One million Nigerians currently receiving AIDS treatment — NACA
He said the government has a scale-up plan, called fast-track plan, to put more people on drugs.
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15 per cent of Nigerian youth lose virginity before age 15 – NACA
About 4.2 per cent of Nigerians between the ages of 15 and 24 have HIV, says the agency.
Only one-third of Nigerians in need of HIV treatment are getting it – NACA
Says required treatment cost is about 60 per cent of Nigeria's 2017 health budget
Partners commit $100 million to re-base HIV epidemic in Nigeria – UNAIDS
Mr. Morah said the survey would be conducted in 2018.
Nigerian government to fund treatment of 50,000 new HIV patients yearly – Buhari
With about three million patients, Nigeria has the second highest number of persons living with HIV in the world.
Why NHIS is not working efficiently in Nigeria – NACA DG
Mr. Aliyu called for 'a progressive approach' in the health sector.
Medical tourism draining Nigeria’s reserves – VON DG Okechukwu
President Buhari on Saturday returned from London after nearly four months of medical leave.
Nigerian sex workers want trade legalised
The sex workers say that will help reduce HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
Nigeria reaches major landmark in fight against HIV/AIDS
“The tipping point for the epidemic is when we have more people going on treatment than we have new infections,” ...
HIV/AIDS: Nigeria risks one million deaths in five years, NACA warns
“If our major donors decide to stop funding HIV/AIDs programme, almost a million Nigerians will come off the treatments.”
New HIV drug already in use in Nigeria — Govt.
The government announced free treatment for patients.
Nigeria AIDS agency seeks private sector support, funding
The agency seeks to partner with a Nigeria business coalition and MTN Foundation.
NACA cautions Nigerians against discriminating people living with HIV
People living with HIV continue to face various forms of stigma.
Adequate funding needed to eliminate HIV/AIDS by 2030 – NACA DG
If Nigeria must win the fight to eliminate the scourge, it must act now
NAFDAC suspends use of Nigerian government’s ‘substandard’ HIV drug
The drug was deemed substandard by persons living with HIV. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, ...