By Daniel Oyeleke/Folasade Akpan The Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN) has unveiled a seven-year project aimed at expanding access to sexual and reproductive healthcare services for women, adolescents and marginalised groups. PPFN President, Mr Bitrus Laori, said this at the official unveiling of the Strengthening Health SystemsContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Prof. Assan Jaye, Professor of Global Health Education and Research Leadership at the Medical Research Council (MRC), The Gambia, has called on African governments to prioritise funding for health research to ensure sustainability. Jaye made the call in Abuja at a high-level workshop on Pan-African HealthContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Experts have called for greater investment in girl-child education to reduce gender disparities and improve access, retention, and completion rates for millions of Nigerian girls, stressing the need for systemic reforms. The call was made on Tuesday in Abuja during a high-level policy dialogue organised byContinue Reading
Immunisation By Hajara Leman The Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency is leading efforts, with support from UNICEF, to increase immunisation coverage across the state. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Abdulrahama Shuaibu, disclossed this in an interview with newsmen on Monday, after an immunisation review meeting. ShuaibuContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Okapi Children Cancer Foundation (OkapiCCF) has intensified efforts to curb rising childhood cancer mortality through a targeted school-based awareness campaign across the Federal Capital Territory, officials said Monday in Abuja. Ms Kemi Adekanye, Founder and Chief Volunteer of OkapiCCF, disclosed this in an interview with NewsContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, says pandemics now pose significant threats beyond public health, impacting economies and national security across countries worldwide. Pate spoke at a one-day high-level public health symposium themed “Lessons on Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Insights from ChinaContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal Pandemics are inevitable and nations must be ready to respond swiftly, says Dr Iziaq Salako, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare. Salako said this at the Public Health Symposium on “Lessons on Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Insights from China and Nigeria” on Monday inContinue Reading
By Vivian Ihechu African governments must treat health as a pillar of economic and national security, with new investment models to tackle fast-rising non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and protect workforce productivity, says Ms Oluranti Doherty. Doherty, Managing Director for Export Development at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), made theContinue Reading
By Aderogba George Mrs Mary Oritimehin, Provost of Oasis College of Nursing Sciences, Kuje, Abuja, has urged government at all levels to improve the remuneration of nurses as a motivation to give their best to the profession. Oritimehin, who made the call during the matriculation of 113 students of theContinue Reading
By Aderogba George Mr Felix Haala, spokesperson for the German Embassy in Nigeria, has said that women’s empowerment is essential for building an inclusive and resilient democracy. Haala made the remark in Abuja at a one-day capacity-building workshop for selected women journalists in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), themed “EmpoweringContinue Reading
