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A second patient has been cured of HIV after undergoing stem cell transplant treatment, doctors said Tuesday, after finding no trace of infection 30 months after he stopped traditional treatment. The so-called "London Patient", a…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Director and Project Manager of Akwa Ibom State Agency for Centre of AIDS, Dr Nkereuwem Akpan, for allegedly embezzling N30million meant for HIV/AIDS programmes in the…

HIV-suppressing medication can make the AIDS virus “untransmittable,” even among couples who have sex without using condoms, new research showed Friday. The Europe-wide study monitored nearly 1,000 gay male couples over a period of eight…

The world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS, S  pilot programme was launched in Malawi on Tuesday. This makes Malawi the first of three countries in Africa in which the RTS, S vaccine will be made available to children up to two years of age.…

U.S. President Donald Trump has called on Congress to pass legislation to help end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country, saying such a goal was within reach. This is contained in the President’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday.…

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund in collaboration with the Kaduna State Government counselled 159, 306 youths, who took the HIV tests in Jema’a Local Government Area between 2016 and 2018. Mrs Binta Yem, the…

As part of efforts towards addressing the HIV funding gap in the country, the Nigerian government wants to launch the National HIV Trust Fund. The director-general of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Sani Aliyu,…

The result of the Nigerian national survey of people living with HIV/AIDS will be out by March next year, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Sani Aliyu, said in Abuja Monday. Mr Aliyu, while…

Some seven hundred and forty-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty-three females were among the 1,090,233 people on anti-retroviral treatment in Nigeria by June, National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, says. In a statement to the …

The Global Fund, an International Financing Organisation, has announced an additional humanitarian grant of 660 million dollars to tackle HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria epidemic in Nigeria. Its Executive Director, Mr Peter Sands,…