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EFCC Partners NigeriaHIVinfo To Train Journalists |
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The HIV/AIDS Situation
In Nigeria |
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Lack of sincerity, poor funds administration, unclear motives and lax attitude of government officials, as well as key NGO personnel have... |
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Dirty Contract:
N 2.5B ARV Deal of Health Ministry |
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N2.5 billion is at stake and that is what four Indian companies have cornered with the help of their Nigerian cronies and little submission... |
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HIV Discordance Getting Common in Couples |
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Serodiscordance  is a situation where a couple's sero (blood) status is not compatible. This scenario began to emerge as the incidence of a wife testing positive and husband negative was seen by health practitioners in HIV work. |
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HIV/AIDS On The Matrimonial Bed! |
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Indeed, the  marital bed is supposed to be a safe haven, but sometimes the reverse is the case as many spouses (the majority of them women) contract the HIV virus right on their matrimonial bed. Corroborating this.. |
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| Drugs for life: Factors inhibiting adherence |
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Swallowing thick,  bulky, chalky tablets everyday for a lifetime doesn't sound so bad if it will save your life, does it? But it is one of the major complexities in HIV treatment that one might only understand if one is compelled to follow such a regimen. |
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HIV\AIDS:
Losing To Poverty |
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And according to  estimates by the International Labour Organization, ILO, Ahamefule is just one of the 23 million workers worldwide in the prime labour forces (15-49 years of age) who are HIV positive. In Nigeria, many of these people are now... |
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HIV/AIDS: Where is the money going? |
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But, aside the  external grants received from international organizations, the campaign against HIV/AIDS also recently received a boost with the debt cancellation given Nigeria by the Paris Club of Creditor... |
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In 1986, the Military Hospital,  Yaba, Lagos, confirmed the diagnosis of Human Immune Deficiency Virus, HIV, in the blood samples of a 13-year-old girl brought from Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. It should have jarred the country into a deep.. |
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HIV\AIDS: Towards A Better Media Reportage |
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Using descriptors like burden, scourge, victims, sufferers, dreaded, killer disease and so on, Odeleke and other journalists create an image of fear, horror and hopelessness when addressing HIV/AIDS issues. |
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High blood pressure,  diabetes and even some forms of cancer, as deadly as they may be, can be managed. So when it comes to HIV/AIDS, why do we see it as an automatic death sentence? Testing positive to HIV does not equate to a death sentence on.. |
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ARV Drug Company in Shipment Scandal |
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South African  pharmaceutical manufactures, Aspen Group, with an eye on the Nigerian retroviral market is facing a major scandal of stocking and shipping HIV drugs along anti-diabet drugs in the same product.. |
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The Other Side of Midnight |
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Her modus opereandi  was to entice her victim and lure him to a hotel room. She would then strip naked and go into the bathroom. She would thereafter invite her loverboy to join her. But what he gets is not a welcome into her..
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Cuba: Is It A Model In
HIV/AIDS Battle? |
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Cuba has seen no dramatic increase in HIV transmission since the first case was diagnosed in 1986, and the ... |
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Next month our Health Journalism Partnership, (HJP) funded HIV/AIDS training will be rounding up. |
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Frankie, Bondie, and Pumping have three things in common. They are 'ghetto' boys and are proud of that reality. They are talented. They are also concerned about the rising wave of HIV in the country.... |
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With captivating pictures and powerful messages, Projekhope is poised to introduce a unique method to communicate behavioural change. With theme that ranges from abstinence to stigmatization and safe sex, the posters come in vivid colors with strong appeal. |
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| Current HIV/AIDS Statistics in Nigeria |
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| Population: |
127 million |
| HIV Prevalence Rate (%): |
5.6 |
| No. Of People living with HIV/AIDS: |
6.1 million |
| No. Of People in need of ART: |
540,000 |
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In as much we desire to reach majority of Nigerians and others with the resources on this site, we are mindful of our limitations. With your support, we can reach more people. You can make that possible if you link us... |
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View past interviews featured on NigeriaHIVinfo.com
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was to see if women in developing countries could use lime or lemon juice in the vagina as a way to prevent HIV infection. Lime and lemon juice were considered as potential candidates because they are acidic and acidic.
