NAFDAC DG, Pharmacovigilance Committee Canvass Drugs Safety Linkage with NACA

The Director General of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Paul Orhi and members of the National Pharmacovigilance Committee chaired by Prof. Ambrose Isah paid a courtesy visit to the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) on the 28th of March 2012 and called for a collaboration towards  pharmacovigilance for antiretroviral drugs...Read full story

NACA Welcomes New Staff Urging Them to Be “The New Face of NACA”

NACA Director General, Prof. John Idoko has directed new staff members of the Agency to be the new face of NACA while congratulating them on their appointment. He said this at the induction meeting of the new staff which took place on Wednesday 14th March, 2012 at Serob Legacy Hotel, Abuja...Read full story

Government of Nigeria Pledges to Increase HIV Funding

The Zonal and National Consultative Forum on Ownership for Sustainability for HIV in Nigeria came to a close on the 16th of February 2012 with strong calls for the Nigerian Government to increase its commitment to HIV funding. The event which started on the 13th of February with two joint zonal meetings...Read full story

February 14th and HIV/AIDS: Celebrate Responsibly

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) encourages Nigerians both in the city and rural areas to avoid engaging in risky behaviours especially this season of Valentine celebrations. The agency will like to use this season of love to inform Nigerians to share and show love responsibly, by doing this we can halt and reverse the spread of HIV in Nigeria...Read full story

National HIV/AIDS Fund (NAHAF) - Innovating Financing for HIV Programmes in Nigeria

There are strong indications that a National HIV/AIDS Fund (NAHAF) may be established going by developments at the Zonal/National Consultative Meeting on Ownership and Sustainability for HIV programmes in Nigeria. This is predicated on stakeholders represented at the meeting agreeing with the concept as proposed by Dr. John Nnorom...Read full story

Nigeria is Poor but Nigeria is Rich – Looking Inwards to Mobilize Resources for HIV

This title above was the theme of the NACA Director General Prof. John Idoko’s presentation during the opening ceremony of the Zonal/National Consultation Meeting on Ownership and Sustainability on the 13th of February 2012...Read full story

Six Project Vehicles Handed Over to ActionAid

The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Prof. John Idoko on Friday 20th January 2012 handed over six project vehicles to one of the Global Fund Sub-recipients, ActionAid...Read full story

Prof. Idoko Appeals for African Ownership of HIV Response at ICASA

Prof. John Idoko, NACA Director-General was among speakers who made presentations at the 1st plenary session of the ongoing 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in Addis Ababa. In his paper titled ‘Accountability through Ownership, Shared Responsibilities and Financial Sustainability’ he said over the next twenty years the global cost of AIDS will be between 19 and 35 billion U.S. dollars...Read full story

Africa AIDS Conference Opens in Addis Ababa

The 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) was officially opened today, December 4th, 2011. The conference which is scheduled for 4th - 8th December 2011 has the theme: OWN, SCALE-UP and SUSTAIN. The ICASA 2011 President, Dr. Yigeremu Abebe welcomed all delegates and stated that the high level leadership sessions will seek to engage African leaders...Read full story

World AIDS Day 2011
The World AIDS Day 2011 edition has the theme "Getting to Zero" and the focus for Nigeria is Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (eMTCT).

Related Information
World AIDS Day Mosque Service
Venue: National Mosque, Central Area, Abuja
Date: Friday 25th November, 2011
Time: 1.30pm

World AIDS Day Church Service
Venue: Church of Assumption Catholic Church, Asokoro, Abuja
Date: Sunday 27th November, 2011
Time: 9:45am

NACA-USDOD International Symposium on New Prevention Technologies

An international symposium to update participants on new HIV prevention technologies is scheduled for October 12th 2011. The keynote speaker will be Prof. John Idoko, Director General, NACA.  Col. Nelson Michael, Director of US Military HIV Research Program and Walter Reed, Army Institute of Research, will deliver the guest lecture...Read full story

Conduct of Joint Annual Review of the National Response to HIV&AIDS for 2010/2011

NACA in collaboration with partners in the national response is in the process of conducting a joint annual review of the National Response to HIV/AIDS. The objective of the Joint Annual Review is to measure progress made towards achieving the targets set in the strategic plan...Read full story

Global Fund Operations Research

Operations Research topics have been selected for study in the first phase of Global Fund operations research including 'Effectiveness of community based strategies in increasing uptake of PMTCT services' and 'What is the extent of patient retention on ART program, and what strategies can be used to improve retention?'...Read full story

NACA Board Pays Courtesy Call on New SGF

The Chairman and members of the Governing Board and Management of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) paid a courtesy call on the newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Ayim Pius Ayim on Friday 17th June, 2011 at his office...Read full story

Data Collectors Trained on HIV Workplace Programme Evaluations Tools

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) is organising a three-day training programme for data collectors on the ‘evaluation tools’ developed to evaluate the Workplace HIV Programme which was implemented in Private sector companies in Nigeria.  The training programme commenced Wednesday, June 1, 2011 in Abuja. The key evaluation question for assessment of this programme is, ‘what has the Global Fund Round 5 HIV workplace programme achieved and what impact has been made?’...Read full story

CBOs Add Value to Community HIV/AIDS Programmes - Study

An evaluation of the Community Response to HIV and AIDS in Nigeria has shown that Community-Based Organisations (CBO) does add value to the national response to HIV/AIDS and have greater impact in the rural areas.  These formed part of the information released at a stakeholders meeting to present the findings of the study held on Tuesday 24th May, 2011 at the NACA Call Centre Conference Hall, Lagos house, Abuja...Read full story

2nd Line AIDS Treatment Gets Boost from Indian Company

Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS treatment programme has received a boost by the donation of 2nd Line treatment drugs to help patients who may benefit from the drugs. NACA Director-General, Prof. John Idoko while receiving the drugs...Read full story

NFACA Canvasses for Compulsory Moral Education

In a 4-hour meeting, the NACA Director General, Professor John Idoko and National Faith Based Advisory Committee on AIDS (NFACA) Co-chairs, Dr. Sheikh Ahmed Lemu and His Eminence Sunday Ola Makinde met with partners...Read full story

Health Facility Assessment Baseline Survey Process Commences

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has commenced a training programme for data collectors and State supervisors in Abuja. This is towards ensuring that required Health Facility Assessment baseline data for the Health System Strengthening (HSS) component of the Global Fund Round 8 ...Read full story

US Ambassador Briefs SGF on HIV and AIDS Partnership Programme

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mahmud Yayale Ahmed has reiterated the commitment of the government of Nigeria to bilateral partnership with the United States to continue HIV and AIDS programs to the people of Nigeria. The event was a briefing on PEPFAR Nigeria Country Operation Plan (COP) at the instance of the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Terrence P. McCulley...Read full story

 

Mobile Technologies Explored for Integrated Diseases and HIV&AIDS Services

• National Call Centre Commissioning in the Next One Month

The event was the National Call Centre stakeholders meeting billed to feature the Executive Vice Chairman, National Communications Communications (EVC NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah. Planned as a platform to strategise on the take-off of the Call Centre project, the meeting focussed on telecommunication service providers’ participation, funding, sustainability and project monitoring and evaluation. ...Read full story