200K HIV positive Nigerians on the loose, 1.7m identified
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNational 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 minuteSouth 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 minuteOver 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 minuteAbout 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
Global roll-out of HIV treatment has saved millions of lives
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 90–90–90 targets, agreed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2016, called for the vast majority of people living with HIV…
Another HIV Vaccine Trial Canceled Due to Poor Results
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother trial of an experimental HIV vaccine has been halted after researchers concluded the vaccine provided only limited protection. Read More
J&J's HIV vaccine fails trial in latest blow to the field
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJohnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N) experimental vaccine failed to provide sufficient protection against HIV to young women in sub-Saharan Africa, Read More
How the Black church can help end the HIV/AIDS crisis
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn this National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a looming threat to Black communities. Read More
More women than men are HIV positive in Nigeria – Report
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new report has indicated that the percentage of women living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria increased between 2016 and 2019 while that…