Medical experts have warned that increasing HIV infections in Nigeria could undermine years of progress, citing reduced donor funding, rising poverty and weaker public awareness campaigns as major concerns. According to the Federal…

The Lagos State Government says recent reports on HIV cases in Lagos were misunderstood and do not reflect the number of new infections. The Lagos State Government has dismissed reports claiming the state recorded Nigeria’s highest…

Nigeria is intensifying its fight against infectious diseases following the release of sobering new health data. According to the National Data Repository, the country recorded 20,838 new HIV infections between January and March 2026. The…

The Kenyan government has announced plans to begin the rollout of a new long-acting HIV prevention drug in March, targeting 15 priority counties as part of its efforts to curb new infections and strengthen public health…

South Africa, Eswatini, and Zambia have begun administering a revolutionary new HIV-prevention injection, marking the first public rollout of the drug in Africa, which continues to bear the highest global burden of HIV. The initiative…

The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Temitope Ilori, has revealed that Nigeria recorded a staggering 45,000 HIV-related deaths in 2023. Ilori speaking on Wednesday, at a two-day National Prevention…

South Africa’s Medical Research Council is teaming up with scientists from eight countries on the continent in a US-funded effort to select an immunization candidate against the virus that causes AIDS. Molecules that are potentially…

Social media platform Twitter Inc will remove accounts that have been inactive for several years, CEO Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Monday, saying that the action is "important to free up abandoned handles." Twitter's billionaire…

he World Health Organisation (WHO) says Nigeria currently bears the highest burden of tuberculosis and pediatric HIV.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched a N62 billion trust fund to help Nigeria end AIDS as a public health threat and place more people living with HIV on treatment annually. Speaking at the launch of the HIV Trust Fund…