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NIGERIA: Activists press govt to provide free ARVs
31 August 2005 (PlusNews ), Activist pressure is mounting on the Nigerian government to provide free HIV/AIDS treatment and care.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38939
NIGERIA: AIDS treatment makes strides despite past hurdles
17 August 2005 (PlusNews ), Nigeria said on Tuesday that the number of HIV-positive people receiving free anti-AIDS drugs has risen five-fold over the past three years to 50,000.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38898
NIGERIA: Notable rise in AIDS orphans - UNICEF
16 June 2005 (PlusNews ), HIV/AIDS is set to fuel a notable increase in Nigeria's orphan numbers, the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday in a statement to mark the 'Day of the African Child'.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38701
NIGERIA: Patient fees preventing access to AIDS drugs, activists
13 June 2005 (PlusNews ), Patient fees are deterring poverty-stricken Nigerians from participating in a government-subsidised scheme to provide HIV/AIDS medication, according to a coalition campaigning for free access to the life prolonging drugs.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38688
NIGERIA: Obasanjo opens blood transfusion centre to fight HIV/AIDS
12 May 2005 (PlusNews ), Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo donated blood on Thursday at a new transfusion centre in the capital, Abuja, the start of a drive to clean up the country's chaotic blood-bank system and help stem the spread of HIV through contaminated blood.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38571
NIGERIA: Multi-million dollar HIV test kit contract awarded
12 May 2005 (PlusNews ), Nigeria has awarded a US $25 million tender to Medical Services International (MSI), a Canadian firm, for the supply of its rapid VScan HIV test kits.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38566
NIGERIA: Blood bank launched to combat spread of HIV/AIDS
12 May 2005 (PlusNews ), Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo launched the first of seven national blood transfusion centres on Thursday in the capital, Abuja, as an additional measure to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38570
NIGERIA: Blood bank launched to combat spread of HIV/AIDS
12 May 2005 (PlusNews ), Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo launched the first of seven national blood transfusion centres on Thursday in the capital, Abuja, as an additional measure to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38569
NIGERIA: Obasanjo opens blood transfusion centre to fight HIV/AIDS
12 May 2005 (PlusNews ), Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo donated blood on Thursday at a new transfusion centre in the capital, Abuja, the start of a drive to clean up the country's chaotic blood-bank system and help stem the spread of HIV through contaminated blood.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38572
NIGERIA: Agreement signed with Brazil on AIDS and agriculture
14 April 2005 (PlusNews ), Brazil has signed bilateral agreements on anti-AIDS technology and agriculture with Nigeria, after a two-day meeting this week in the capital, Abuja.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38453
NIGERIA: Trial of tenofovir as a prophylactic against HIV suspended
29 March 2005 (PlusNews ), Nigeria has become the third country to halt clinical trials of the antiretroviral (ARV) drug tenofovir as a prophylactic against HIV after the US-based supervisor of the trials found that proper standards were not being observed.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38380
NIGERIA: Government pushes on with ambitious AIDS plan
10 March 2005 (PlusNews ), Nigeria's subsidised anti-AIDS drug programme will benefit some 150,000 HIV-positive people by the end of this year, according to the country's National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA).
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38305
NIGERIA: Authorities predict 250,000 people on ARVs by mid-2006
1 March 2005 (PlusNews ), The Nigerian government has said it aims to quadruple the number of people on antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) by mid-2006, enabling up to 250,000 HIV-positive people receive the medication.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38272
NIGERIA: Greater funding needed for ambitious AIDS plan
24 February 2005 (PlusNews ), Plans to increase the number of HIV-positive Nigerians on anti-AIDS treatment over the next two years could fall far short as a result of poor resources, Agence France-Presse reported.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38248
NIGERIA: US to boost AIDS treatment and prevention programmes
1 February 2005 (PlusNews ), The US is expected to allocate $61 million to Nigeria's HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programmes in 2005, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38154
NIGERIA: MSF to expand HIV/AIDS treatment scheme
24 January 2005 (PlusNews ), Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Friday it planned to sharply increase the number of people living with HIV/AIDS who receive comprehensive treatment and counselling for free in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38124
NIGERIA: MSF to strengthen anti-AIDS efforts
18 January 2005 (PlusNews ), The international medical relief agency, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), is intensifying its HIV/AIDS treatment efforts in Nigeria.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38107
NIGERIA: Restocked rollout expanded
16 December 2004 (PlusNews ), As Nigeria, faced with one of the world's largest HIV-positive populations, expands its subsidised antiretroviral (ARV) programme, concern is mounting about how funds are being spent.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=38020
NIGERIA: MSF urges quality healthcare with AIDS drugs
3 December 2004 (PlusNews ), People living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria are in need of education in maintaining their anti-AIDS medication regimen, the international NGO, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37973
NIGERIA: Closer examination of AIDS dementia urged
1 October 2004 (PlusNews ), Nigerian health care workers have been urged to pay greater attention to the mental condition of people living with HIV and AIDS, a local newspaper, The Daily Champion, reported.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=37563

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