By Folasade Akpan The West African Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (WASPEN) has urged the Federal Government to include hospital-based nutrition care in the National Nutrition Agenda. President of WASPEN, Dr Teresa Pounds, made the call on Tuesday at a virtual news conference organised in partnership with the AmericanContinue Reading
By Mercy Sawok Stakeholders have called for stronger youth participation in nutrition advocacy and policymaking to translate community priorities into measurable action against malnutrition across Nigeria. The call was made at the inception meeting of the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society (CS-SUNN) Youth Leaders for Nutrition (YL4N) Nigeria network, heldContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Federal Government, in collaboration with UN Women and development partners, has intensified efforts to institutionalise gender-responsive planning and budgeting across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to promote inclusive national development. The renewed commitment was reiterated at a capacity-building programme on Gender-Responsive Planning and Budgeting organised byContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Prof. Muhammad Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, says Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) remain critical partners in helping government identify blind spots and realign its health sector reforms. Pate spoke in Abuja at a CSO/Media-Led Mid-Year Review of Nigeria’s Health Sector Reforms andContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the health sector have said Nigeria’s health reforms must move beyond activities and policies to deliver institutionalised, sustainable gains that improve health outcomes and system resilience nationwide. They made the call under the auspices of the Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC) onContinue Reading
By Aderogba George The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and Expertise France, a French Development Agency (AFD), have inaugurated the PROTECT project to strengthen anti-human trafficking efforts across Nigeria and West Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project was inaugurated onContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and African Union Member States have advanced efforts to harmonise Behavioural Intelligence and Infodemic Management (BIIM) across Africa to strengthen public-health decision-making and outcomes. Africa CDC said in a statement that the initiative seeks to strengthen theContinue Reading
By Kemi Akintokun The BRICON Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has stressed the need for cancer patients and survivors to embrace life beyond diagnosis, treatment and surgery. Mrs Abigail Simon-Hart, a Co-founder of the foundation, made this known at the 10th anniversary of the foundation held at Eko Hotel, Lagos,Continue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Advocates for Orphaned Children (AOC) on Saturday screened no fewer than 300 beneficiaries for Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS across orphanages in Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the free medical exercise was held at City of Refuge Orphanage Home, the Islamic Orphanage Home andContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche A new assessment has revealed that 97 per cent of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across 16 states failed national staffing standards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN reports that the findings are contained in the PHC Operational Capability Report produced by Orodata Science. Orodata Science is aContinue Reading
