Nigeria: Make HIV treatment totally free, NEPWHAN tasks govt
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Network of People Living with HIV in Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, NEPWHAN, has called on the Federal and state governments to…
Better understanding impact of shame on HIV patients can help improve healthcare, study argues
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Doctors and nurses should be more aware of how shame related to stigma can contribute to ill health, especially in experiences of…
Hydrogen sulphide gas suppresses HIV infection, finds study
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In a breakthrough in the fight against HIV infection, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and their collaborators have…
World AIDS Day: Do you also believe these common myths surrounding HIV/AIDS?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute World AIDS Day: Physical suffering aside, HIV/AIDS patients have to fight two battles at the same time – fighting the disease and fighting the…
HIV: One Nigerian child died every five minutes in 2020 – UNICEF
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Reading Time: < 1 minute About 130,000 children are living with HIV in Nigeria, just as one Nigerian child died every five minutes from Aids-related reasons in…
A guide to HIV: Top 10 facts, from prevention and treatment to a possible cure
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The HIV pandemic isn’t going anywhere until a cure is found. Read More
One child was infected with HIV every 2 minutes in 2020: UNICEF
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Even as the world struggled to cope with Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, one child was newly infected with HIV every two minutes…
Angelina Namiba on motherhood and HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute With Worlds Aids Day on 1st December, HIV activist Angelina Namiba opens up about pregnancy while HIV positive Read More
Pakistan to ban conventional syringes in wake of HIV scandal
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pakistan will next week ban conventional syringes and switch to single-use versions to try to stop blood infections like an HIV outbreak…
Over 150,000 children carry HIV in Nigeria, say authorities
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Over 150,000 children in the West African country of Nigeria live with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, also known as HIV Read More