Lagos – Over the last five years, the U.S. Agency for International Development has partnered with the Government of Nigeria to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS among some of the most vulnerable Nigerians through support for more than 300,000 orphans and vulnerable children in three southern states. Since, 2014, the Local Partners for Orphans and ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 12 December, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: anti-retroviral, Children, Health, HIV/AIDS, USAID
Lafia – December 2-3: The United States Government through the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has urged the Nasarawa State Government to increase its efforts towards controlling the HIV epidemic in the state. The call was made by the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Kathleen FitzGibbon, when she led a team from the US Centers for ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 4 December, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, News, Press Releases | Tags: CDC, Health, HIV/AIDS, Kathleen FitzGibbon, Nasarawa, PEPFAR
Abuja – As part of its efforts to involve private sector involvement in Nigeria’s health sector, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) accepted a contribution from a leading telecommunications infrastructure firm IHS Nigeria today to support USAID’s activities to eradicate HIV and AIDS in Bayelsa State. IHS Nigeria, a subsidiary of the international telecommunications ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 26 November, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Bayelsa, Health, HIV/AIDS, USAID
Sixteen years ago, when PEPFAR began, HIV was a death sentence in many parts of the world. Now, we have the historic opportunity to make what once seemed impossible possible: controlling and ultimately ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic, community by community. The theme for World AIDS Day 2019 is “Communities make a Difference.” This reflects the ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 25 November, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, News, Speeches | Tags: Health, HIV/AIDS, Kathleen FitzGibbon, PEPFAR, U=U, Undetectable, Untransmittable
Enugu–– The recently released data from the U.S.-supported Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey revealed that there are approximately 1.9 million people still living with the virus in Nigeria. These people require appropriate medical treatment to live a normal and healthy life. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) administered by the U.S. ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 30 October, 2019 | Topics: Consul General, Lagos, News, Press Releases | Tags: CDC, Claire Pierangelo, Enugu, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, Survey
Port-Harcourt- July 26, 2019: Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, announced on Wednesday, June 26, 2019, that the state has abolished health facility user-fees for persons living with HIV as advocated by the U.S. Government. The Governor stated that Rivers State Government would take over payments in all their public health facilities. This action will ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 28 June, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: anti-retroviral, Health, HIV/AIDS, Rivers State, USAID
The Partnership between Nigeria’s Ministry of Defense (NMOD) Health Implementation Program (HIP) and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Walter Reed Army Institute of Research through its U.S. Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa/Nigeria (USAMRD-A/N) has played a primary role in curtailing the scourge of HIV/AIDS among troops, their families and civilians living around the barracks. “All combined, ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 19 June, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Events, News | Tags: CDC, Health, HIV/AIDS, Kathleen FitzGibbon, Walter Reed
On June 10, 2019, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) – Nigeria Program – honored and gave awards to 16 nominated individuals that have made momentous contributions to the epidemic control of HIV in Nigeria. The event took place at the NAF Officer’s Mess and Suites, Kado, Abuja. The awardees are Professor Babatunde ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 11 June, 2019 | Topics: News, PEPFAR, Press Releases | Tags: Award Ceremony, Health, HIV/AIDS, PEPAR15
Abuja, May 14, 2019 – U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for West Africa and Security Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs, Whitney Baird and Mrs. Olu Mustapha, representing the Permanent Secretary for Defence, visited the Defense Reference Laboratory (DRL) of the Nigerian Ministry of Defense (NMOD) in Mogadishu Cantonment to view firsthand the strong partnership between the ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 15 May, 2019 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: DAS, Defence, Health, HIV/AIDS, laboratory, Whitney Baird, WRAIR
Abuja – In a ceremony on November 28, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) concluded a five-year activity that provided support for 500,000 children orphaned or made vulnerable by the AIDS epidemic, and 125,000 of their caregivers. Since 2013, the $45.3 million Sustainable Mechanisms for Improving Livelihoods (SMILE) activity, funded by the U.S. President’s ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 28 November, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Children, HIV/AIDS, SMILE
Abuja, Nigeria- U.S. Mission Nigeria commemorated World AIDS Day today with the theme “Behavior Change for Epidemic Control.” The program took place at the Government Secondary School Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, involving more than 200 Senior Secondary School students from 10 public secondary schools across the metropolis as well as key Government of Nigeria officials ...
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By olinzena | 30 November, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases | Tags: Abuja, Ambassador Symington, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, World AIDS Day
Benin– U.S. Consul General F. John Bray and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director for Nigeria Michael Harvey attended the launch of a US$1 million program to support HIV/AIDS-affected children and families. H.E. First Lady of Edo State Iara Oshiomhole and Edo State Commissioner for Women Affairs Mrs. Aenena Jemitola Fulani-Ojo hosted ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 28 July, 2016 | Topics: Child and Family Matters, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Benin, Edo State, HIV/AIDS, Michael Harvey, PEPFAR, USAID
