The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Winnie Byanyinma, has said over 12 million infected persons are waiting to access to HIV treatment while 1.7 million people became infected with HIV in 2019 because they could not access essential services. This was contained in a statement released today by UNAIDS on […]
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Akwa Ibom, Benue, Taraba, Anambra, Abia top list of infections COVID-19 threatens progress made so far Despite efforts by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, to end Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) before 2030, no fewer than 560,000 persons living with the virus are not on treatment. This comes […]
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A mosquito consuming human blood. Photo: Getty Images Progress in eliminating malaria has stalled in recent years, the World Health Organization said Monday, with more than 400,000 people once again estimated to have died from the disease last year. In its World Malaria Report 2020, the WHO said progress against the mosquito-borne disease was plateauing, […]
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By Olusanya Anjorin For several months now, coronavirus has enveloped the world and like a cocoon to a larva, it has continued to rage, gnaw towards the west and other parts of the world. When you expect it to subside, cases of infected persons continue to rise.The coronavirus pandemic has revealed that most countries around the […]
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COVID-19 could cause hundreds of thousands of new Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) infections, and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) NIMR Engages Dispatch Riders To Reach More Of Its 24, 000 Patients 50% Of Adolescents Do Not Know Their Status – David Funding Agencies Unwilling To Procure Third-line Regimen For Patients With Mutant Virus – Akanmu […]
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Guava provides alternative therapy for diabetic-associated disorders of kidney Scientists have advanced search for herbal cures for diabetes mellitus with the discovery of a blood sugar reducing syrup made predominantly with bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and plantain (Musa paradiasica) as well as validating guava (Psidium guajava) leaves as better alternative therapy in ameliorating diabetic-associated disorders […]
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The federal government has attributed recent ‘strange deaths’ in some states of the federation, including Delta and Enugu, to an outbreak of yellow fever. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, gave the clarification on Wednesday while addressing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, which was presided over by President […]
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Three years after inauguration, Biovaccines project still at planning stage FG signs MoU for market access for technology transfer with partners The excitement that greeted the announcement on Monday of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, which prevented more than 90 per cent of symptomatic infections in a study of tens of thousands of volunteers, has served […]
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There are indications that the strange illness ravaging Okpeilo-Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State may have started since October 2020. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Ngishe Terungwa, disclosed this to our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday. He said they had yet to get the cause or causes of the strange illness, stating […]
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Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said on Wednesday that the vaccine is 92 percent effective according to initial test results. The announcement came just as Russia declared the vaccine as the most successful path to defeat the pandemic which has ravaged the world, killed thousands and infected millions. Government spoke through the Minister […]
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