BioNTech Expands African mRNA Vaccine Operations with $145M CEPI Funding for Rwanda Facility
As BioNTech navigates the challenges of a post-pandemic landscape, the German biotech giant has strengthened its commitment to advancing mRNA ...
Tag: HIV
UNAIDS Calls for $29 Billion Investment to End HIV Epidemic in Nigeria and Low- and Middle- Income Countries
The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) has solicited for an increase in annual investments in HIV responses to ...
NACA Urges Responsible Sexual Behavior to Prevent Spread of HIV and STIs
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has reminded the public of the importance of responsible and safe ...
World AIDS Day: Over 2m People Living with HIV in Nigeria
Kano State Government said as Nigeria records over two million people living with HIV, Kano State has 46,732 persons currently ...
Scientists in South Africa, 8 other countries set to develop HIV Vaccine
The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) has entered a collaboration with scientists from eight other African countries. This initiative, ...
Kano Doctor Transfuses Woman With HIV Infected Blood
There is confusion in the Tudun Wada Dankadai community at Tudun Wada Local Council in Kano State, following an alleged ...
I Sell Hemp To Survive, HIV Patient Begs, Jailed
Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted and sentenced a woman, Bilikisu Lawal, who ...
New HIV Infections In Nigeria Drop By 22% – WHO
Nigeria has recorded a 22 per cent decrease in new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in 2021 from 2015, the ...
US Kickstarts Mother-to-Child HIV Prevention Campaign in Lagos
The United States (U.S.) Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Community Prevention of Mother to Child ...
HIV/Aids Testing Spiked In 2020 With 8.2m Nigerians Screened
Despite the country's healthcare focus on Coronavirus screening, in 2020, a total of 8.2 million persons were screened for HIV ...
