Tag: HIV
12 Most Common Diseases in Nigeria
Nigeria is currently Africa’s most populated country. With a population of over 186 million people according to date from 2016, the country is no Though blessed with beautiful people.Also, it is a nation with...
New Drug Offers Better Prospects in HIV Fight
Zimbabwe has just started a national roll-out of the new antiretroviral drug, Dolutegravir (DTG), which is set to gradually wean off Tenolam E.Tenolam E was introduced in Zimbabwe during the first quarter of 2013,...
HIV Positive Teen Jailed 16 Years for Raping, Infecting Girl (4)
A 19 year-old Goromonzi man who is HIV positive has been slapped with a 16 year jail term after he was found guilty of raping and infecting a four year-old girl with the virus.Tatenda...
Call to Amend HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Control), Act of 2008
THE government has been asked to make amendment of the HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Control), Act of 2008 on its section 15(2), so that it can allow children at the age of 6-14 years to...
NACA Hosts 16 Nigerians Honoured By U.S. Govt for Role in Fight Against HIV
The Nigerian government has hosted 16 Nigerians recently honoured by the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for their contributions to the control of the HIV epidemic in Nigeria.PEPFAR on June...
Children See HIV a Better Risk Than Hunger, Says Child MP
A JUNIOR member of parliament has admitted Zimbabwean minors were prepared to contract HIV/Aids by offering themselves to older sex partners for as long as they were guaranteed of receiving money to buy food.Leslie...
Africa: Targeted Response Needed to Fight HIV Within Nations
The striking variation in HIV prevalence at provincial and district levels across countries in Sub-Saharan African calls for targeted interventions, a study suggests.According to the study, 71 per cent of people living with HIV...
Tanzania: New Anti – HIV/Aids Project Set in Motion
THE government has launched an ambitious three-year project to save young girls and women from contracting HIV.Funded by Global Fund, Adolescence Girls and Young Women (AGYW), Project will be implemented in 10 districts-Kilombero, Ulanga...
Nigeria: Experts Worry Over High HIV Prevalence Among Women
Experts in the control of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have called for more attention and focus on women to reduce the high prevalence of the infectious disease among...
Over 600 People Test HIV Positive as Doctor Uses Infected Syringe
Pakistan said on Sunday over 600 people, most of them children, had tested HIV positive in a city in the southern Sindh province.Concern grew after hundreds of people were allegedly infected by a doctor...
