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A strand of gonorrhoea resistant to most drugs used to treat the disease is now in Nairobi.

Youth Asked To Value Condom Use

The National AIDS and STIs Control Programme (NACP) has urged young people to value the use of condoms. This is because they are an important tool in family planning, sexual and reproductive health management. Dr Stephen Ayisi-Addo, the Programme Manager NACP, said data had shown that anytime condom distribution was…

“At least one child globally was infected with HIV every two minutes in 2020.”

Gay people in Kenya say they would rather try risky alternatives than suffer humiliation at public hospitals.

Nigeria’s early adoption of Differentiated Services Delivery model buffers effect of COVID-19 pandemic among People Living with HIV Format © WHO/Tom Saater Abuja, 3 February, 2021 - As the COVID-19 pandemic gained momentum across the world with many countries, including Nigeria going on lockdown, there arose fears that the people living with HIV (PLHIV) might not have access to Antiretroviral (ARTs). The fears of the outbreak disrupting ARTs supplies to PLHIV in Nigeria was, however, not as ...