Badagry Community Receives Free Tuberculosis Screening
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) USAID TB LON 3 project in collaboration with traditional-birth-attendant-run
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IHVN Seeks Community Leader Support for OVC Services Implementation
Courtesy visit to the palace of the Emir of Awe, Alhaji Isa Abubakar Umar II for discussions about the orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) services IHVN provides in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State
IHVN collaborates with Patent Medicine Vendors to Find Tuberculosis Cases
Picture Above: Patent Medicine Vendor, Mrs Asanbe interacting with her client in front of the store in Badagry, Lagos State. To find tuberculosis cases in communities, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has engaged and trained Patent Medicine Vendors (PMVs) in Lagos,…
“I am Relieved that Tuberculosis Treatment is Free” – TB Survivor’s Guardian.
Figure Above: Esther Aremu now with her good Samaritan, Mrs Olayemi Aremu. Esther Aremu was a bag of bones when she arrived Adeoyo Government Hospital in Ibadan in June 2021. Her father, a palm wine tapper, had no money to support her feeding or treatment.
IHVN Takes HIV services to Pregnant Women in Communities
Figure Above: Maternity Home Owner, Mrs. Yaro taking record of a pregnant woman. To increase access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services by women in communities, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has engaged traditional birth attendants and…
IHVN Staff Receive Fire Safety Training
Fire wardens participate in a practical session on the use of fire protection equipment. The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has partnered with the Africa Fire Mission (AFM) and FCT Fire Service to train its staff on fire prevention, suppression and safety management.
IHVN, FCT Discuss Partnership for Quality HIV Services
IHVN FCT Regional Manager, Dr Danjuma Sanda and his team paid an advocacy visit to the Honorable Secretary FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr Abubakar Tafida, to discuss collaboration for quality HIV prevention, care and treatment services in the Federal Capital Territory.
IHVN establishes Bio-repository at CPHL
(Right to Left) United States Consul General, Will Stevens and Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa commissioning the bio-repository at Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), Yaba, Lagos.
Institute Provides Nutrition Services to 1.5 Million Kano Women & Children
ANRiN project community volunteers in Bunkure Local Government Area pose for a photograph after a sensitization activity. The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has provided basic nutrition services to more than 480,000 women and 1.2 million children in Kano State from…
ANRiN Project Benefits Over 1.7 Kano Women and Children
IHVN has provided nutrition services to 488,948 women and 1,231,941 Children from May 2021 to July 2022 in nine local government areas in the state.
Gishiri Residents Receive Free TB Screening
IHVN Participates in National TB Testing Week in Gishiri Community, Abuja. Residents were screened for HIV and Tuberculosis
Community Outreach Activities Screen over 36,000 Individuals for Tuberculosis
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Nigeria reports that every year, there are at least 300,000 people with tuberculosis left unidentified. This number constitutes the missing tuberculosis cases in the country that need to be found for the disease burden to be addressed.