By Franca Ofili WHO Representative to Nigeria, Walter Kazadi, has stressed the importance of the media in advancing understanding of mental health and substance disorders. He said this during a two-day training for journalists on mental health in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that theContinue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola Bill Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, says there is a new investment to advance access to mRNA research and vaccine manufacturing technology. Gates said in a statement at the 2023 Grand Challenges Annual Meeting of the foundation held in Senegal on Monday. According to him,Continue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola A biopharmaceutical company, Pfizer, has partnered the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan to enhance the quality of care provided to patients and ensure global best practices. Mr Olayinka Subair, Cluster Lead for West Africa/Country Manager Nigeria, Pfizer, made the disclosure in a statement onContinue Reading
By Justina Auta AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), an NGO has called on government and stakeholders to implement policies that promote equal access to healthcare, education and economic opportunities for young women and girls. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Steve Aborisade, Advocacy and Marketing Manager AHF, onContinue Reading
By: Hamza Suleiman The International Community of Red Cross(ICRC) has provided 10,000 mental health and psychosocial support services to 10,000 traumatized victims in Borno in eight years. Ms Comfort Dauda, The ICRC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Field Officer, made this known in Maiduguri. She said that ICRC has beenContinue Reading
By Kemi Akintokun The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions, Amos Magaji, has commended the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Lagos, on its infrastructure development and digitalisation of service delivery to patients. Magaji gave the commendation during his visit to the hospital on Friday. Magaji said: “The storyContinue Reading
By Hamza Suleiman Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri have lauded the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for providing humanitarian services for the vulnerable population in Borno. The IDPs made the commendation during an assessment tour by a team from the UNFPA headquarters in Abuja to the Muna Elbadawy campContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola The Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN) says lack of early detection and treatment of breast cancer have kept the ailment as the leading cause of death among Nigerian women. The National President of BRECAN, Mrs Tolu Taiwo, stated this in Ibadan on Saturday during a BreastContinue Reading
By Aderogba George No fewer than 1 billion persons worldwide are affected with Presbyopia(eye disorder), Dr Tochukwu Onwuzulike, an eye care specialist, has said. Onwuzulike, an Optometrist with Vision Spring, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the inauguration of free eye care exercise at ApoContinue Reading
By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, said it intercepted eight trailer loads of foreign parboiled rice and others worth N1.76 billion in September. The acting Controller General of Customs (CGC), Mr Adewale Adeniyi, said this at a news conference onContinue Reading
