By Mercy Sawok Public health experts have called for improved hygiene practices, access to safe drinking water, and better nutrition to curb the prevalence of diarrhoea, particularly among vulnerable populations across affected communities. They made this known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, stressingContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nur Tijani The Women Leaders Support Advancement Network (WLSA) says the responsibility of providing healthcare to Nigerians should not rest on government alone, but also on well-meaning individuals and organisations. Dr Fauziya Buhari-Ado, National Coordinator of the group, made this submission on Saturday in Kano duringContinue Reading
By Safia Abdulrahman The National Association of Seadogs (NAS), has provided free medical services to more than 150 residents of Karon-Majigi, a suburb of Abuja, as part of its quarterly medical outreach programme. The outreach, held at the Karon-Majigi Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), offered services including paediatric care, eye checks,Continue Reading
By Usman Aliyu The Society for Family Health (SFH) on Saturday inaugurated a motorised borehole in Ikekogbe community, Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, ending years of water scarcity and exposure to waterborne diseases. The borehole, delivered under the society’s WASH for Healthy Lives projectContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Kwara Government, in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has trained stakeholders from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state on health financing. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training lasted three days under the European Union- Strengthening Access to ReproductiveContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The National President, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Hajiya Aisha Ibrahim, has urged women to take decisive leadership steps ahead of the 2027 general elections to boost participation in governance. Ibrahim made the call during a marketplace advocacy outreach in Wuse Market, Abuja organised by NAWOJContinue Reading
A Senior Medical Officer, Dr Babatope Adeoya, says mentally stable women have rights to sign consent forms for their own surgeries without waiting for a spouse’s signature.Continue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has trained 44 frontline workers and community volunteers in Lagos to respond to gender based violence and sexual and reproductive health emergencies. The initiative aims to strengthen preparedness and improve protection for vulnerable populations across communities in Lagos State. DrContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan Nigeria has launched a geospatial database to strengthen preparations for the forthcoming National Population and Housing Census, aimed at delivering credible, technology-driven and verifiable national population data. The initiative was unveiled on Thursday in Abuja at a High-Level engagement on Consolidating Nigeria’s Geospatial Database in Preparation forContinue Reading
By Abiodun Abegunde and Catherine Egwuom The NNPC foundation has inaugurated and handed over three units of 100-bed capacity wards to the management of the National Orthopedic Hospital, Lagos (NOHIL). The inauguration and handover took place in Lagos on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that followingContinue Reading
