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3 min read Despite the unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria’s AIDS management agency, NACA, said about 350,000 Persons Living with HIV (PLWHIV) were identified within the last 18 months. The Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Gambo Aliyu, made this known on Tuesday during a national dialogue on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV(PMTCT). The dialogue was organised by the National AIDS/STIs Control Programme of the federal ministry of health. “Last 18 months, 350,000 people were identified and b...

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –  The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed concern over new paediatric HIV infections in children aged 0-4 years. He expressed his worry during a national dialogue on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in Abuja. African Examiner reports that the dialogue was organised by the National AIDS/STIs Control Programme of the Federal Ministry of Health. He said that in spite of significant achievements in HIV Programme, there were persisting poor outcomes in PMTCT, noting that the dialogue was prompted by the urgency to scale-up sustainab...

USAid cited for deals with blacklisted firm Summary The Health committee of the National Assembly Thursday questioned the award of the contract to the privately owned American firm, Chemonics International. The Ministry of Health says that Kemsa had been marked to distribute the donated medicines across the country on behalf of USAid. Friday April 09 2021 By EDWIN MUTAI Summary The Health committee of the National Assembly Thursday questioned the award of the contract to the privately owned American firm, Chemonics International. The Ministry of Health says that Kemsa had been marked to dist...

Broke counties hit by HIV drugs shortage HEALTH & SCIENCE   Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o addresses the press on measures taken by counties to respond to Covid-19 in Nairobi, yesterday. [David Njaaga, Standard] The Council of Governors (CoG) has raised alarm over the shortage of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs in regional hospitals. Five counties with high HIV and Aids prevalence reported an adverse shortage of drugs for newborns and adults. The dire situation of unavailability of ARVs in county hospitals comes at a time when the devolved units are cash strapped following delayed disbursement...

Customs’ contribution stressed at the Kyoto Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Congress At the invitation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General, spoke at the high-level segment of the Fourteenth United Nations (UN) Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The Congress was held in Kyoto, Japan, from 7 to 9 March 2021. During his intervention, Secretary General Mikuriya underlined the important contribution made by Customs to crime prevention and criminal justice, and especially against illicit trade by acting as the...