HIV/AIDS

Grim figures: 50,000 and 70,000 children get HIV every year in Nigeria – Health agency report

by Rachel Ogbu Scientists in the United States might have cured a baby born with the HIV virus but Nigeria is now ahead of other countries in new infant HIV statistics. New reports claim about 70,000 children born every year are infected with HIV/AIDS through mother-to-child transmission. The Chairman of the National (Presidential) Prevention of... Read More

HIV/AIDS, infant HIV statistics, mother-to-child transmission

Grim report: 210,000 pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

by Rachel Ogbu About 210,000 pregnant Nigerians are living with HIV/AIDS today, the Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS has announced. On Tuesday in Abuja, ASWHAN noted that to realise the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria, the Federal Government had to make the issue of women living with HIV/AIDS very important, At stakeholders’ meeting entitled... Read More

HIV-positive women, HIV/AIDS, pregnant Nigerians, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission programme, UNAIDS

Malaria, HIV/AIDS, cancer and road accidents named Nigeria’s top killers by NMA

by Rachel Ogbu Malaria, HIV/AIDS, cancer and road accidents were officially listed as the top killers in the country. The Nigeria Medical Association also added hypertension and diabetes claiming that the rising cases was influenced by globalisation. The National President, NMA, Esahon Enabulele said it seemed the government focused more on HIV/AIDS over other diseases, but was because it had... Read More

cancer, HIV/AIDS, malaria, Nigeria Medical Association, road accidents, top killers

Homosexual club, ‘Men Sleeping with Men’ ‘discovered’ in Benue

by Isi Esene Grace Wende, the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Agency for the Control of Aids (BENSACA), has announced the discovery of an homosexual group in the state known as the Men Sleeping with Men (MSM). She disclosed that the 400-member association has its members drawn from various higher institutions in the state.... Read More

benue, Grace Wende, HIV/AIDS, homosexual, Men Sleeping with Men, MSM

January 24, 2013

Good news: Scientists create HIV-resistant cells to combat AIDS

Researchers at Stanford University have created HIV-resistant T-cells, a breakthrough that, if proven successful in humans, could potentially stop the virus from developing into AIDS. The discovery was announced in Tuesday’s issue of Molecular Therapy, and according to researchers, could replace lifelong drug treatments and protect the immune systems of those infected. A Stanford press... Read More

aids cure, hiv, hiv cure, HIV Resistance, HIV Resistant Cells, HIV/AIDS, San Francisco News, Stanford AIDS, Stanford AIDS Study, Stanford HIV Study, Video

January 11, 2013

Pesky journalists – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Making use of his teeth, he separated the left ear of one of the journalists from the chap’s body. You see, human parts are also valuable. Journalists are a really annoying lot. I should know, I’ve worked with quite a few of them in the last three years. They ask too many... Read More

Abeokuta, Adebayo Alao-Akala, Bbatunde Fasshola, Charles Soludo, EFCC, HIV/AIDS, nafdac, nurtw, Oyo

January 10, 2013

UNIBEN distances itself from DE CONCOCTION – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze In other embarrassing news, red-faced by the fact that one of their professors jumped the gun and announced a cure for HIV/AIDS only two years after beginning something he claims is research, the University of Benin has distanced itself from the purported cure. It is not always ‘bad news’ of potential academic fraud... Read More

boko haram, Diamond Bank, FCT, HIV/AIDS, Nasir el-Rufai, UNIBEN, union bank

December 8, 2012

Alicia Keys stuns in burgundy at her annual ball, with Oprah and Angelique Kidjo (PHOTOS)

by Rachel Ogbu Alicia Keys made sure as the hostess of her charity ball she looked the most stunning in a flattering burgundy. The 31-year-old looked every inch a star as she led the way at the city’s Apollo for her Keep A Child Alive’s Black Ball in New York on Thursday, December 6. She... Read More

Alicia and Padma, alicia keys, Angelique Kidjo, charity, HIV/AIDS, Keep a Child Alive, Oprah

December 3, 2012

Report: HIV vaccine set to hit the market

After nearly 30 years of desperately searching for solutions to the Human-Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, the vermin that leads to the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS, the world may soon heave a sigh of relief, as real hope has been kindled of a possible vaccine that could, on a single dose, offer lifelong immunity to... Read More

africa, Anti-retroviral drugs, HIV/AIDS, vaccine, virus

November 27, 2012

Check the symptoms: Your ‘flu’ might be HIV

Everyone is hyper-health conscious with cold and flu season coming up. When they feel a symptom coming on they head straight to the medicine cabinet or right to the kitchen to fight it off with soup or green tea. Be careful of what you get yourself involved in this winter, because those flu-like symptoms might... Read More

Health, hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, STD, Symptoms

November 27, 2012

Cabbage and Condoms, UK restaurant offers family planning advice with meal

After a nice meal out you might get the added bonus of a mint or a chocolate when your bill arrives at the end of the night. But when it comes to paying at a new restaurant in Oxford you might get a little more than you bargained for. That’s because health conscious eatery Cabbages... Read More

bangkok, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cabbages & Condoms, HIV/AIDS, Mechai Viravaidya, Oxford, Tahiland, uk

November 7, 2012

For the ladies: 3 ways to avoid sexual tragedy

by Dr. Boyce Watkins Sex is a powerful drug that makes all of us do silly things. But at least speaking honestly about what’s really going on is a good way to find our way to the truth. I received some resistance after writing my article about the STD epidemic occurring in black America. Some... Read More

hiv, HIV/AIDS, Love, Marriage, rmance, sexual tragedy, stds

October 19, 2012

Elnathan John: How to give foreign aid

by Elnathan John There is really no need to treat Nigeria differently from Burundi which relies on foreign aid for nearly half of their national income. Corruption is a great equalizer. Make no mistake about it: You owe us. Big time. For all the years of evil slavery, subjecting our brave sons and daughters to... Read More

africa, aid, America, colonialism, DNA, europe, HIV/AIDS, NGO

Temie Giwa: “As it stands, there are about 500,000 abortions in Nigeria every year” (YNaija Frontpage)

One thing that has served as the central goal of my professional life has been my commitment to doing all I can to save the lives of African women and particularly Nigerian women… Imagine that there is something, one single action or policy that could lower Nigeria’s high rate of maternal mortality by 70%, prevent... Read More

HIV/AIDS, Maternal Mortality, Nigerian women, pregnancies, unsafe abortions

February 1, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: 1.35 million Condoms recalled in South Africa

By Hauwa Gambo Some were panicking because they were infected with AIDS and were concerned for their partners. Another condom scandal has rocked South Africa with its health department recalling 1.35 million defective condoms given away at the African National Congress centenary celebrations. It is important to remember that South Africa has the world’s highest... Read More

Condom, HIV/AIDS, south africa

December 1, 2011

#WorldAIDSDay2011: Essay competition on HIV/AIDS, vote for your winner (3)

By Ella Nweze It’s our birthday on 3 December!!! It’s our birthday on 3 December!! But Shola won’t be there. Shola isn’t here and never will be again. My birthdays will be celebrated alone until I probably meet someone as nice as Shola again who shared the same birth date as mine…I mean no one... Read More

Essay Competition, HIV/AIDS, WorldAIDSDay2011

December 1, 2011

#WorldAIDSDay2011: Essay competition on HIV/AIDS, vote for your winner now (2)

by Ewone Anthony Eghosakruz. Category – Fiction. Title – Grass to Grace. For years in my local council, seeing me live with HIV/AIDS was still somewhat of a shock and thorn to them. Each time I lost a bit of weight or got a little bit sick, they’d think that it was time for the burial.... Read More

Essay Competition, HIV/AIDS, WorldAIDSDay2011

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