A survey identified maternal, newborn, and child health issues, infectious diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and the rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases as major concerns.
Epidemiological estimates shows that 140,000 children under 14 are living with HIV as of 2023, with 22,000 new infections and 15,000 AIDS-related deaths in children.
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STIs, including multi-resistant gonorrhoea, are increasing globally, with the highest spikes in the Americas and Africa.
An initiative of the National Agency for the control of AIDS, NACA and driven by the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (NiBUCAA)
To commemorate the 2021 World AIDS Day, Pioneer Masters of Public Health (MPH) students of Nile university carried out a sensitisation programme in Kuchingoro – a densely populated community in the outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Dr Atana Ewa, the focal person, Paediatric Anti-Retroviral Treatment/Prevention of Mother-To-Children at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital said health…
A report has said that two per cent of babies born in Nigeria in 2020 tested positive to HIV/AIDS.