Nigeria News Headlines

• FAO Urges Nigeria To Increase Bird Flu Control Measures - Improved Hygiene And Controls In Markets Could Reduce The H5N1 Risk To Humans
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:00 EST
  
• Nigeria must do more to stem bird flu: FAO
  Reuters - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:22 EST
  
• First bird flu death in Nigeria
  BBC - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:27 EST
  
• M.D. Anderson Collaborates With Federal Ministry Of Health In Nigeria
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:00 EST
  
• JHPIEGO Receives $1 Million From ExxonMobil For Malaria In Pregnancy Programs In Angola And Nigeria
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
  
• Nigeria Commits $10M To Friends Of The Global Fund Africa
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Nigeria to enact law to back malaria, HIV drugs
  Reuters - Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:12 EST
  
• Nigeria Plans To Pass Law Allowing Local Companies To Produce HIV/AIDS, Malaria Drugs
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:00 EST
  
• Bird flu returns to Nigeria farms
  BBC - Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:56 EST
  
• Nigeria bird flu death confirmed
  BBC - Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:03 EST
  
• Four possible bird flu deaths in Nigeria
  MSNBC - Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:19 EST
  
• Organization Halts Clinical Trial For Potential Microbicide For Preventing HIV Infection
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
  
• New Bird Flu Outbreaks Require Strong Vigilance
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
  
• Poverty, Lack Of Medical Workers Leading To Increasing Maternal, Infant Mortality Rate In Nigeria
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Polio Is Four Countries Away From Total Eradication
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:00 EST
  
• Avian Influenza 2006 - From Asia To Africa, From Europe To The Mediterranean
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:00 EST
  
• More Nigerian states hit by bird flu infection
  Reuters - Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:44 EST
  
• Nigeria and India Cited in Rise of Polio Cases
  New York Times - Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:06 EST
  
• Nigeria Plans To Build Center For Research On Diseases, Including HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:00 EST
  
• West African Countries To Ease Border Restrictions To Fight Spread Of HIV
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Global Polio Eradication Now Hinges On Four Countries
  ScienceDaily - Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Health experts see risk of major polio resurgence
  Reuters - Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:17 EST
  
• Health experts see risk of major polio resurgence
  Reuters - Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:17 EST
  
• Health experts see risk of major polio resurgence
  Reuters - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 04:43 EST
  
• Global polio eradication now hinges on four countries
  World Health Organization - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:00 EST
  
• Global Polio Eradication Now Hinges On Four Countries
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Polio's return due to vaccine fears in Nigeria
  MSNBC - Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:42 EST
  
• Cellegy Announces Results Of Data Monitoring Committee Review Of Savvy(R) Nigeria Phase 3 HIV Prevention Trial
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Cellegy Ends Phase III Microbicide Trial In Nigeria
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:00 EST
  
• Nigeria, Clinton Foundation in deal to fight AIDS
  Reuters - Mon, 17 Jul 2006 04:59 EST
  
• Baby caught HIV at Lagos hospital
  BBC - Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:28 EST
  
• Former President Clinton Meets With Nigerian, Liberian, Rwandan Officials To Discuss HIV/AIDS Programs
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:00 EST
  
• Bird flu entered Nigeria at least three times
  MSNBC - Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:08 EST
  
• Bird Flu May Have Entered Nigeria 3 Times
  ABC News - Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:47 EST
  
• Global Fund suspends $50 mln AIDS help to Nigeria
  Reuters - Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:14 EST
  
• Bono, NBC 'Nightly News' Anchor Tour Africa
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 24 May 2006 10:00 EST
  
• Global Fund Suspends HIV/AIDS Grants To Nigeria
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 04 May 2006 10:00 EST
  
• WP: Pfizer faulted over Nigeria drug trials
  MSNBC - Sun, 07 May 2006 08:58 EST
  
• UNAIDS' Piot Says Young Africans Are Abstaining From Sex For Longer, Reducing Number Of Partners, Increasing Condom Use
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 11 May 2006 10:00 EST
  
• Pfizer broke law with 1996 Nigeria drug test: paper
  Reuters - Mon, 08 May 2006 11:27 EST
  
• African Leaders Pledge To Work Toward Providing Universal Drug Access For HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria Treatment
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 10 May 2006 10:00 EST
  
• Global Fund halts $50 million AIDS help to Nigeria
  Reuters - Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:37 EST
  
• Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance Supported By New $17 Million Gates Foundation Grant
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:00 EST
  
• Don't count on masks if bird flu strikes
  MSNBC - Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:52 EST
  
• Nigeria Has Established 74 ARV Treatment Centers Nationwide, Health Minister Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Nigeria opens 41 new AIDS treatment centers
  Reuters - Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:54 EST
  
• Old Drug's New Use Will Save Nigerian Women's Lives
  ScienceDaily - Wed, 29 Mar 2006 03:00 EST
  
• UC Berkeley Team Helps Win Approval For Life-saving Drug For African Women
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 31 Mar 2006 09:00 EST
  
• Avian Influenza In 130 Farms In 37 States, Nigeria
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:00 EST
  
• Wall of Distrust in Nigeria Bird Flu Fight
  ABC News - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:52 EST
  
• Wall of Distrust in Nigeria Bird Flu Fight
  ABC News - Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:23 EST
  
• MSF Calls On Abbott To Make New Version Of Kaletra Available In Developing Countries
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:00 EST
  
• H5N1 Bird Flu Detected In The Cameroons
  MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 12 Mar 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Concern That Bird Flu May Spread In West Africa
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:00 EST
  
• 40 Countries Have Had Bird Flu H5N1, See The List
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 06 Mar 2006 02:00 EST
  
• Bird Flu Raises Concerns in France and Nigeria
  New York Times - Sun, 26 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Support for Poultry Vaccination to Fight Flu
  New York Times - Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
  
• Bird flu spread raises threat to Africans: WHO
  Reuters - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:38 EST
  
• Africa bird flu disaster warning
  BBC - Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:31 EST
  
• Nigeria Aids-drug plan ''thwarted''
  BBC - Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:09 EST
  
• Poultry, Not Wild Birds, Most Often Carries Deadly Avian Flu to Africa
  Washington Post - Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:00 EST
  
• Nigeria Plans To Double Treatment Centers Offering HIV/AIDS Drugs At No Cost
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:00 EST
  
• Mrs. Bush: Nigeria to Get Funds for AIDS
  ABC News - Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:31 EST
  
• Laura Bush Announces U.S. Pledge To Help Fight HIV/AIDS
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:00 EST
  
• Gates gives $600m more to stop TB
  BBC - Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:01 EST
  
• Nigeria To Free Some HIV-Positive, Terminally Ill, Elderly Inmates
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:00 EST
  
• Nigeria to offer free Aids drugs
  BBC - Fri, 23 Dec 2005 05:53 EST
  
• Globe And Mail Examines Challenges To Providing Treatment For HIV-Positive Patients In Nigeria
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:00 EST
  
• Nigeria to Provide Free Anti-AIDS Medications
  New York Times - Sun, 25 Dec 2005 03:00 EST
  
• Nigeria Pledges To Begin Providing Antiretrovirals At No Cost In 2006
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 04 Jan 2006 05:00 EST
  
• Laura Bush Reiterates Support For ABC Model To Prevent HIV/AIDS
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:00 EST
  
• Nigerian State Hospitals Continue To Charge Fees Despite Pledge To Provide ARVs At No Cost, Advocates Say
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:00 EST
  
• Massive international effort stops polio epidemic across 10 West and Central African countries
  World Health Organization - Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:10 EST
  
• Nigeria Cholera Outbreak Kills 30
  ABC News - Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:21 EST
  
• Treating malnourished children in Northern Nigeria, MSF
  MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:00 EST
  
• Nigeria Says 50,000 HIV-Positive People on Antiretrovirals as Result of Donor Funding
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:00 EST
  
• International Donors Put Lives of Women, Girls at Risk by Imposing Ideology on African Countries in AIDS Fight, Opinion Piece Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 20 Aug 2005 04:00 EST
  
• Researchers To Combat Toxic Brown Mould With Its Non-toxic Cousin
  ScienceDaily - Fri, 12 Aug 2005 02:00 EST
  
• Nigeria enters joint venture to make vaccines
  Reuters - Mon, 04 Jul 2005 02:47 EST
  
• Discrimination against individuals with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
  MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:00 EST
  
• Five Countries With 43% of World''s Population Could Become ''Second Wave'' of HIV/AIDS Pandemic
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:00 EST
  
• Polio Spreads From Nigeria After Claims
  ABC News - Thu, 05 May 2005 12:00 EST
  
• Polio Spreads From Nigeria After Claims
  ABC News - Thu, 05 May 2005 12:36 EST
  
• Polio Spreads From Nigeria After Claims
  ABC News - Wed, 04 May 2005 09:09 EST
  
• Polio Spreads From Nigeria After Claims
  ABC News - Wed, 04 May 2005 10:24 EST
  
• Nigeria Opens First National Blood Transfusion Center to Help Curb Spread of HIV
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 16 May 2005 12:00 EST
  
• WHO: Nigeria Records Drop in New Polio Cases
  Reuters - Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:32 EST
  
• Nigeria records drop in new polio cases
  MSNBC - Tue, 19 Apr 2005 01:33 EST
  
• Nigeria blood transfusion first
  BBC - Thu, 12 May 2005 10:47 EST
  
• Cholera Outbreak in Central Nigeria Kills 17
  Reuters - Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:35 EST
  
• Nigeria opens blood screening center to fight AIDS
  Reuters - Thu, 12 May 2005 08:11 EST
  
• University of Maryland Institute of Human Virology To Open Care, Treatment Branch in Nigeria To Help Country Fight HIV/AIDS
  MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 30 Apr 2005 06:00 EST
  
• African Strain of Polio Virus Hits Indonesia
  New York Times - Tue, 03 May 2005 04:00 EST
  
• Indonesian Polio Strain Raises Concerns
  ABC News - Tue, 03 May 2005 08:38 EST
  
• Polio in Indonesia; First Time in Decade
  ABC News - Tue, 03 May 2005 11:24 EST
  
• Polio in Indonesia; First Time in Decade
  ABC News - Tue, 03 May 2005 02:40 EST
  
• Nigerian University Taking Steps To Prevent Intergenerational Sex Between Professors, Students, 'The World' Reports
  MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 05 May 2005 02:00 EST
  
• Silent Suffering of Women with Childbirth Injury
  Reuters - Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:14 EST
  
• Global Partners Unite to Fight Deadly Disease on Africa Malaria Day
  MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 25 Apr 2005 05:00 EST
  
• Harvard President Delayed Spending Millions for Nigerian AIDS Treatment Program To Review Legal Risks, Official Says
  MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 26 Apr 2005 06:00 EST