How do pandemics end? In different ways, but it’s never quick and never neat
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn 7 September 1854, in the middle of a raging cholera epidemic, the physician John Snow approached the board of guardians of…
Nigeria: 2021 Budget - Again, Nigeria Ignores AU Benchmark for Health Funding
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria has again failed to meet the commitment it made alongside other African countries 19 years ago on health funding, Read More
Nigeria needs N75b yearly to control HIV, treat patients
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Some N75 billion is needed yearly to control the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and treat the 1.5 million patients in Nigeria….
Why Africa needs to invest in mental health
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 13% of the global burden of disease is due to disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and substance abuse. Read More
Groups seek prosecution of people inflating antiretroviral drugs’ prices
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNon-governmental organizations, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre and Transparency International Nigeria Read More
World Mental Health Day 2020: How important are mental health services for human trafficking survivors?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt the age of 14, Rahima Mandal from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas was taken to Pune in 2014 on the promise…
Covid-19, Ebola, and HIV — Leveraging Lessons to Maximize Impact
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs researchers who have long experience with HIV/AIDS prevention, vaccines, and therapies, some of whom also have experience with Ebola, Read More
UNAIDS Raises Alarm on Looming Shortage of HIV Drugs
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteStocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, Read More
HIV drug not effective for hospitalised Covid-19 patients: Lancet
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe drug combination lopinavir-ritonavir is not an effective treatment for patients admitted to hospital with Covid-19. Read More
The implications of COVID-related sexual distancing and clinical service interruption
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA recent study conducted in the Atlanta area reveals that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related sexual distancing Read More