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‘Ways to improve access to family planning services’

Dr Okechukwu Osai is the Director, Public Health Services in Enugu State. He was among Nigerians who attended the recent Family Planning Conference in

ECHO trial shows contraception does not increase risk of HIV

New evidence has emerged to put to rest the long-standing concern that certain hormonal contraceptives might increase women’s risk of becoming infecte

WHO recommends dolutegravir as preferred HIV treatment drug

The World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended the use of the HIV drug, dolutegravir (DTG) as the preferred first-line and second-line t

’56 out of 1,000 newly born children in Osun die within 28 days of birth’

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) has shown that out of 1,000 newly born children in Osun State, 56 die within 28 days of their birth. The

Global experts on HIV science call for urgent actions

The 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019), kicked off in Mexico with global experts calling for urgent action to address the health needs of m