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The International Conference on AIDS 2012, Washington DC

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 20, 2012

We could not attend the International Conference on AIDS in Washington DC this year, so we asked Fiona Makia to share her experience at the conference. This is her story!  This year’s conference was held in Washington DC with the theme “Turning the Tide”. The tide had indeed turned as it had taken 22 years […]

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Another International Conference on AIDS

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 22, 2012

Today – July 22 the 19th International Conference on AIDS opens in Washington DC.  NHW will miss this year’s conference, BUT we thought that a good way to reflect on it would be to bring you the summary of proceedings of the meeting of Nigerian delegates in attendance at the 13th International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa on […]

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Musings on World AIDS Day 2011

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 1, 2011

Dear Friends, Today is World AIDS Day. HIV continues to be one of the most important communicable diseases in Nigeria. It is an infection associated with serious morbidity, stigmatization of the infected, high costs of treatment and care, significant mortality and a high number of potential years of life lost. Each year, many thousands of […]

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Goodluck Jonathan's 105 commitments on HIV/AIDS

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 15, 2011

You would have all heard about our President’s recent  trip to New York for the UN high level meeting on HIV/AIDS. Apart from a few pictures with President Obama, the Nigerian press has been largely silent on the crux of the matter, the reason for the trip, and the commitments our president made on our […]

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Shell, FHI and NACA collaborate on HIV/AIDS in the Niger Delta

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 27, 2010

One great thing about going for conferences is the fascinating people you meet. One such person I met at the last International Conference on AIDS in Vienna was Dr Babatunde Fakunle, the Regional Community Health Manager of  The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria. Tunde took me through the work he is doing for […]

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