HIV-positive people will now be able to join the army, France’s defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, said on France 2 TV on Monday. It follows similar moves in November 2022 for police. The decree, proposed by France’s interior minister Gérald Darmanin,…
WHO report: Number of undiagnosed HIV cases on the rise in Europe
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the EU health agency on Wednesday reported that many people are living with HIV in Europe without being diagnosed. The WHO Regional Office for Europe in a press release ahead of Dec. 1, which…
How landlocked Lesotho’s 1st and only oncology clinic addresses cancer crisis
According to the World Health Organization, Lesotho had a cervical cancer rate of 49.9 per every 100,000 women in 2021. An estimated 370 deaths related to cervical cancer were reported in 2019. It is the most common kind of cancer…
Tom Hanks says he couldn’t play Philadelphia role today ‘and rightly so’
Tom Hanks says he could not play the role of a gay man today as he did in Philadelphia in 1993 – and “rightly so”. The Hollywood star played lawyer Andrew Beckett in the film, a man who was fired…
*How Ataga’s body was found on his birthday, by witness (Nation)*Why I wasn’t close to my dad as a child – Davido (Punch)
How Ataga’s body was found on his birthday, by witness (Nation) A Lagos high court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, heard yesterday how the family and friends of SuperTV owner Usifo Ataga searched for him until they found his body…
490 Nigerian babies born in 2020 HIV/AIDS positive: report
Two per cent of babies born in Nigeria in 2020, a report has said, tested positive for HIV/AIDs. The report from the National AIDS and STIs Control Programme was shared by Dr Gbenga Ijaodola, an assistant director of the National…
I have HIV and my father said to keep mum from mum
I am normal; I look normal, I do everything ok and yet I am HIV positive. I didn’t know about my status until I got admitted into the university. I attend a private university in Nigeria where you have to…
China to Lagos, the frightening timeline of a deadly virus – Olusegun Fafore
Fatality rate across the globe since the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Chinese town of Wuhan on December 31, 2019 has signalled that this is not the best of times for humanity. With about 8, 988 deaths and 220,877…
‘How to make Lagos HIV/AIDS free’
Since HIV/AIDS came to prominence in the 1990s, progress towards its total eradication has been made. But there have also been drawbacks. Like the climate change debate, there are those who still think the condition is not real. That is…
‘How to make Lagos HIV/AIDS free’
Since HIV/AIDS came to prominence in the 1990s, progress towards its total eradication has been made. But there have also been drawbacks. Like the climate change debacle, there are those who still think the condition is not real. That is…
