In a move to protect Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS, the Nigerian government has approved nearly ₦5 billion for the procurement of HIV treatment packs. This funding allocation comes in the wake of the executive order signed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office, halting foreign development assistance programmes, including disbursements from the […]
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The annual number of new HIV infections in West and Central Africa fell by 46 per cent between 2010 and 20230, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Berthilde Gahongayirein, the UNAIDS Regional Director for the region, disclosed this earlier this week during the unveiling of the latest Regional AIDS Update Report […]
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E.L. found out she was HIV positive eight years ago. When her husband cautioned her against telling others, she thought he was exaggerating. Then, one day, while chatting with her mother-in-law, she seized the opportunity to ask if the older woman could associate with someone living with the virus. “Her response was appalling,” remembers E.L., […]
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Hajiya*, 30, was out of town when Boko Haram militants attacked Bama in 2014. By the time she returned, her husband, Alhaji Mali, had been killed and her children, four-year-old Hauwa and seven-year-old Sadiq, had been abducted and taken to the group’s forest hideout. Knowing she could not live with both tragedies, she tracked down […]
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