Updates from our programmes, research and the communities we serve.
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) USAID TB LON-3 Community team has collaborated with the Lagos state Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to provide free tuberculosis screening and COVID-19 vaccination at Irewe Community in Ojo LGA, Lagos State.
Picture Above: Comfort O. counseling a client at a Health Facility in Abuja. Comfort O. had a bumpy journey to hope and health after discovering her HIV positive status in an ante natal clinic in 2008.
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has hosted a lecture for health care workers in Nasarawa State to commemorate World AIDS Day 2022.
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has commemorated the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence in the Federal Capital Territory with sensitization of pregnant women and breast feeding mothers in Kubwa General Hospital and Gwagwalada Township Clinic about Gender-Based Violence.
Picture Above: Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Taiwo Olabode speaking at the event in the state to commemorate one million COVID-19 vaccinations.
Equalize to End AIDS: Equal Access to Treatment and Prevention Services
Picture Above: Community Volunteer, Mrs. Olayiwola Tawakaitu counseling client, Mrs. Ajasa Cecilia in the community. In April 2022, 57-year-old Mr. Sekom Wasiu had been coughing for a year. He was tired of the cough but uncertain about what steps to take.
Picture Above: People screening for tuberculosis at Ayetoro Adekunle community. According to World Health Organization, Nigeria is one of the ten countries accounting for 64% of the global gap in finding people with tuberculosis.
Picture Above: People get vaccinated during a drive at Gbagi Market, Egbeda LGA, Oyo State According to World COVID-19 vaccination update, out of the estimated 218 million people in Nigeria, only 44 million have been fully vaccinated and may have received booster dose while…
Picture Above: IHVN Continuous Quality Improvement Lead, Dr. Tongdiyen Laura Jasper leading a group discussion during the training.
Senior Technical Adviser at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), Dr Emilia Iwu, has been appointed Assistant Dean for the Rutgers School of Nursing’s Center for Global Health in New Jersey, USA.
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) receiving a Public Health Excellence Award for retaining 99% of its over 300,000 clients on HIV care and treatment.
