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
