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U.S. Government supports additional 45,000 people living with HIV in Benue State

The United States is supporting Benue State to identify and place an additional 45,000 People Living with HIV (PLHIV) on treatment as part of efforts to move Nigeria towards HIV epidemic control by September 2020. The 45,000 PLHIV are in addition to over 167,000 PLHIV already receiving life-saving antiretroviral treatment through the U.S. President’s Emergency ...
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By | 27 February, 2020 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, News, Press Releases | Tags: , , , , , , ,

U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria W. Stuart Symington with Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Fellow, Dustin Homan

4H Program Comes to Benue

On May 16, 2017, Dustin Homan, Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Fellow, arrived Makurdi, Benue State.  His mission: to collaborate with 2016 Mandela Washington Fellow, Cosmas Anweh, to launch 4H clubs in Benue State.  4H, which stands for Head, Heart, Hands and Health, is a non-governmental global youth organization. Launched in 1902 in the U.S. state ...
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By | 24 May, 2017 | Topics: Events, News, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: , , ,

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