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IHVN Chief Operating Officer/ Managing Director, Dr Charles Olalekan Mensah, signing the contract documents for ANRiN project implementation in Kano State. Also present is the Permanent Secretary, Kano State Ministry of Health Hajia Amina. A. Musa, and staff of the ministry.

At an inauguration ceremony held at the IHVN Head Office in Abuja, IHVN Senior Program Officer Prevention, Care and Treatment, Mrs. Laurentia Dashe, said that the multidisciplinary team will bring valuable experience in keeping children safe, healthy, schooled and stable.

IHVN Program Officer,  Ibrahim Abdullahi, addressing members of the newly inaugurated Technical Working Group.

The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) has inaugurated a technical working group to monitor and evaluate community-based organizations which are providing care to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Dr Emeka Ezieke attending to a client at a health facility in Rivers State, Nigeria.

A staff of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), Dr Emeka Ezieke, has been selected as one of the 23 Global Tuberculosis Champions by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Figure above: Innovative community sputum testing  for tuberculosis by a private sector health  provider in progress in Sokoto State, Nigeria. 

As the world marks World Tuberculosis Day, private sector tuberculosis service providers have called on the public to utilize free tuberculosis testing and treatment services being provided with support from the Global Fund.

Figure above: Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) Staff; Senior Technical Officer, Saswata Dutt; Communications Manager, Uzoma Nwofor; Program Officer, Prevention, Care and Treatment, Kelechi Nzeadibe, Project Support Officer Global Fund Programs, Sendi Akale and Program Officer, Oluwaseun Adeyemo, at the pre-ministerial press briefing to mark the 2021 World TB Day in Abuja.

To mark World Tuberculosis Day 2021, the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has participated in several activities to sensitize the public to check for tuberculosis if coughing for more than two weeks.