A decade of HIV testing in Nigeria: how much progress has been made towards universal testing?AbduAguye Dr., ShittuEluwa, GeorgeOginni, AyodejiUkwuije, FrancisAdebajo, SylviaAhonsi, BabatundeNgige, Evelyn
37.7 million people were living with HIV, and around 680,000 died. As grim as these figures are, that's still down from the 1.3 million people who died of HIV just 10 years earlier.4
HIV is not the same disease that it was 30 or even 20 years ago. In 1996, a 20-year-old newly infected with HIV had an average life expectancy of 10 years.2 By 2013, the same 20-year-old could expect to live well into their 70s.4 So effective are current antiretroviral therapies...
It has also consistently registered one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in Nigeria with an HIV prevalence of 7.5% compared to the national average of 4.1%. As part of a strategy to tackle the epidemic, the Nasarawa state government decided to employ theatre to raise awareness. Theatre and...
Mothers’ understanding of childhood malaria and practices in rural communities of Ise-Orun, Nigeria: implications for malaria control. J Family Med Prim Care. 2015;4:226. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Kio JO, Agbede CO, Olyinka FE, Omeonu PE, Dire-Arimoyo Y. Knowledge, ...
The legendary chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall talks about TACARE and her other community projects, which help people in booming African towns live side-by-side with threatened animals.
Ourresearch, in the form of a nutrition education intervention, focused on outpatients receiving HIV treatment at two selected hospitals in Abeokuta, southwestern Nigeria. First we conducted a needs assessment in a similar group, which revealed poorquality of life, high consumption of unvaried meals...
The South African Government has outlined detailed plans for antiretroviral (ART) rollout in KwaZulu-Natal Province, but has not created a plan to address treatment accessibility in rural areas in KwaZulu-Natal. Here, we calculate the distance that People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in rural ar...
Some people associate Voodoo with evil, but many of its rituals, even those that include the sacrifice of live animals, focus on respect and peace. Its religious leaders become community leaders, providing guidance and settling disputes. Leaders also frequently provide medical care in the form of...
Background: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme was designed to reduce mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV and it has been shown to be effective. However the uptake of the services is still very low in Nigeria. Objective: This study was designed to ...