Updates from our programmes, research and the communities we serve.
The International Research Center of Excellence (IRCE) is a Center of Excellence established in 2015 by the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) to promote public/private partnership for quality health services, capacity building and research in West Africa.
Picture Above: IHVN Technical Adviser Laboratory Services, Mr Abubakar Abdullahi and IHVN Senior Manager Laboratory Services, Mrs Balogun Oyebimpe receiving guests on a tour of NaLEEC at the ceremony. laboratory.
Picture Above: United State Consular General, Will Steven and IHVN Chief Operating Officer/Managing Director, Dr Charles Olalekan Mensah at the inauguration of a school health club in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State to mark World Tuberculosis Day.
Members of Ayobo Community of Alimosho Local Government Area turned out for free tuberculosis screening to mark World Tuberculosis Day 2023. The community outreach, which was organized by USAID TB-Local Organizations Network (TB-LON 3) project implemented by IHVN, also provided medical…
US Consul General Will Stevens has inaugurated a School Health Club at Orisunmbare Senior High School in Ayobo Community of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. The club, which is established by the USAID TB-LON 3 project implemented by IHVN, is to serve as a platform for…
Picture Above: A cross session of IHVN staff and stakeholders walking to create awareness on tuberculosis. To mark the World Tuberculosis Day 2023, the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has collaborated with the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program (NTBLCP), Stop…
Picture Above: IHVN SECURE Project Director, Mrs. Rita Okonkwo making a presentation on hand hygiene. To prevent the spread of infections in the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State, the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has trained health care workers from 30…
Picture Above: IHVN Senior Program Officer, Prevention Care and Treatment, Mrs Helen Mutong, conducting a counseling session to recruit a client for cervical cancer screening at General Hospital Karshi.
Picture Above: IRCE Coordinator, Dr Elima Jedy-Agba sensitizing the audience about the Institute’s ongoing cancer research projects.
IHVN USAID TB LON-3 Project has partnered with the Lagos State Ministry of Health to screen 250 inmates of the Ikoyi Correctional Center. Diagnosed individuals have been linked to treatment.
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria USAID TB LON-3 project has sensitized students in three secondary schools about tuberculosis. The program also established student peer support groups for further tuberculosis community sensitization.
Picture Above: TB survivor, Zainab Muhammed. Smiles have replaced Zainab Muhammed’s constant cough and chest pain. 22-year-old Zainab went to a patent medicine store for cough syrup when she was plagued with constant cough and took herbal medicines when the symptoms persisted…
