GSK agrees deal to develop longer-acting HIV drugs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute GlaxoSmithKline has agreed a deal to develop ultra-long acting HIV drugs administered as little as four times a year that could revolutionise…
Group decries illegal disclosure of HIV status before employment
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) have decried the illegal compulsion of Nigerians to disclose their HIV status…
Nigeria: Twelve test positive for HIV at medical outreach
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Reading Time: < 1 minute At least 12 persons tested positive for HIV and cervical cancer at an Inner Wheel Club medical screening held in Lagos on…
Kenya: Study Shows HIV Drug Dolutegravir Better At Viral Suppression
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Reading Time: < 1 minute HIV patients with a high viral load who take a drug known as dolutegravir have greater viral suppression than those that take…
41% of Nigerians living with HIV — Report September 19, 2021
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A report has revealed that about 41 percent of persons from Lagos, Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Oyo and Kano states in Nigeria…
200K HIV positive Nigerians on the loose, 1.7m identified
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Reading Time: < 1 minute National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) said it has identified 1.7 million out of 1.9 million Nigerians living with HIV. …
South Africa: 1,300 new HIV infections detected in young girls weekly, report reveals
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Reading Time: < 1 minute South Africa has one of the highest rates of violence against women and girls globally, with at least 35,000 girls aged between…
Human Trials for HIV Vaccine Created With mRNA Technology to Begin
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Over the past decade, advances in HIV treatment have yielded new drug combinations, once-daily dosing, and, most recently, the introduction of long-acting injectables Read…
400,000 Nigerian drug users who share needles responsible for spread of HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute About 400,000 Nigerian drug users who exchange needles and syringes as a group while ingesting drugs are responsible for the spread of…
Nigeria: ‘US provides treatment for 83% of HIV-positive patients’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires, Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tuesday, joined the Director of Public Health, Minister of Health, Dr. M.O. Alex-Okoh, Read More