What we do
Training health workers, laboratory scientists and researchers to deliver quality services and science.
Laboratory Technicians train on equipment maintenance at Asokoro Laboratory Training Center
We are building the capacity of human resources for quality health service delivery and research.
IHVN has trained 114,602 healthcare providers (including nurses, doctors and other health workers)for quality care to people living with HIV, TB, malaria, cancer and other diseases.
The Institute actively engages the Federal Ministry of Health, its departments and agencies on issues relating to the country’s human resources health policy, strategy and implementation modalities. Apart from trainings for health care workers, continuous quality improvement activities to progressively develop and sustain the quality of care provided to clients is carried out.
IHVN established four laboratory training centers equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for hands- on sessions in Asokoro Laboratory Training Center, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital complex, Ile-Ife, Plateau State Virology Research Centre (PLASVIREC) Jos, Plateau State, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano and a Clinical Training Center in University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada.
ACTION to Sustain Precision and Integrated HIV Response towards Epidemic Control
The ACTION to Sustain Precision and Integrated HIV Response towards Epidemic Control (ASPIRE) project that we implement is funded by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the US Centers for…
HIV · Laboratory services · Capacity building
Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions
Expanding the Pool of Independent Investigators in Implementation Science in Nigeria through HIV Research training - EXPAND Nigeria: Fogarty HIV Research Training Program for Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions…
Research · HIV · Capacity building
Project Title Strengthening the resilience of vulnerable groups through malaria prevention services and food security Project aim To strengthen the resilience of 1,200 vulnerable households, including women and children,…
Malaria · Nutrition & food security · Capacity building
Network for Oncology Research in Sub-Sahara Africa
The Network for Oncology Research in Sub-Sahara Africa (NORA Study) aims to contribute to reducing the mortality of Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer in partner countries through research, capacity building, networking,…
Research · Capacity building
Stakeholders in the health sector in Ondo State have gathered to mark the close of the malaria component of the Immunization Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project in Akure.
The International Research Center of Excellence (IRCE) at the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has commenced early bird registration for a five-day Public Health Data Analysis Course (PHDAT) aimed at providing hands-on capacity in R-programming and mastery of…
The Adolescents and Young People (AYP) Innovation Hub in Fimie, Abuloma, Rivers State was officially commissioned and transitioned by the Honourable Commissioner of Health, Rivers State Ministry of Health, Dr Mrs Adaeze Oreh, Commissioner for Health, Rivers State in a ceremony…
