By Rita Iliya Niger state Ministry of Primary Healthcare has vaccinated no fewer than 444,658 girls against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) during its vaccination campaign. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state inaugurated a campaign on inoculations of more than 500,000 girls against HVP,Continue Reading
Okeoghene Akubuike A clinical Psychologist, Dr Adedotun Ajiboye has advised Nigerians to guard their mental health amid the present economic challenges being experienced in the country. Ajiboye, who works with the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado- Ekiti gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
Pads By Polycarp Auta An NGO, Mission 21, has trained 54 women and girls in Plateau State on the production of reusable menstrual pads. Dr Yakubu Joseph, Country Director of Mission 21, speaking at the closing of the exercise in Jos, the initiative targeted grassroots women and girls within theContinue Reading
By Rukayat Moisemhe Waka Community International Foundation and Novo Health Africa on Saturday emphasised the importance of improving awareness and building better consciousness on male reproductive health concerns. These concerns, according to Mr Lorenz Mba, Founder, Waka Community International Foundation, include breast, prostrate and testicular cancers and erectile dysfunction. MbaContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) on Thursday received hospital equipment donated to the Council by the Mayor of Milwaukee, U.S., Calvalier Johnson. AMAC Chairman, Mr Christopher Maikalangu, while receiving the items in Abuja, promised to ensure that the equipment are distributed to clinics in need, withContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Women Affairs Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has begun mobilising support for women, experiencing menopause for households’ stability and general wellbeing of families. The Mandate Secretary of the secretariat, Dr Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, said that the move was part of the secretariat’s efforts to promote emotionalContinue Reading
By Kemi Akintokun Dr Efunbo Dosekun, co-Founder of Babies Matter Medical Centre (BMMC), a subsidiary of Outreach Signature Hospitals in Lagos State, has called for more collaboration to ensure improved critical care for preterm babies. Dosekun, a Paediatrician and Neonatologist, made the call in the hospital’s NeonatalContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Nigeria and seven African countries have commenced a vaccine initiative aimed at addressing the burden of HIV infections on the continent. The initiative, titled ‘Bringing Innovation to Clinical and Laboratory Research to End HIV in Africa through New Vaccine Technology (BRILLIANT)’, is focused on HIV vaccine researchContinue Reading
By Amen Gajira Mr Tosin Adeyanju, Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF) says President Bola Tinubu is committed to assisting vulnerable communities across the country. Adeyanju stated this while donating vital medical equipment worth millions of Naira to the Primary Health Centre in Kagoro, Kaura Local GovernmentContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye/Bolu Akindoyin The Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) on Monday trained no fewer than 105 staff of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on basic life support for victims of cardiac arrest in airports. Dr Olufemi Mobolaji-Lawal, the Chairman, Executive Council of NHF, saidContinue Reading
