Olu, has called on State Houses of Assembly across the country to prioritise the passage and implementation of protective laws that guarantee sustained funding, end stigma, and support inclusive ...

HIV/AIDS remains a major public health threat worldwide, with an estimated 39.9 million people living with the disease at the end of 2023.

The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981, and the mortality rate increased every year until it peaked in 1995. In that year, more than 40,000 people died from complications related to AIDS.

Additionally, the administration has asked Congress to cancel $8.3 billion in funding already appropriated for foreign aid, including $400 million for the AIDS/HIV relief program.

Shakeups in U.S. foreign aid have upended the global fight against HIV/AIDS — one of the world’s most serious infectious diseases — and the lives of mothers and children living with HIV.

Published Wednesday in The Lancet HIV journal, the modeling study estimates that by 2030, there could be between 4.4 million to 10.8 million additional new HIV infections in low- and middle-income ...

At the peak of the AIDS crisis in 1995, the death rate for HIV/AIDS was just over 16 for every 100,000 people. By 2019, it had fallen to just over one per 100,000.