By Kemi Akintokun The BRICON Foundation, an NGO, on Tuesday donated free mastectomy bras and breast prostheses to breast cancer survivors as part of activities marking its 10-year anniversary. The Co-Founder of the foundation, Mrs Abigail Simon-Hart, said the intervention, held at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, aimedContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), has urged the Lagos State Government to reinstate the suspended safe termination of pregnancy guideline to curb preventable maternal deaths. Its Executive Chairman, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, made the call during a memorial and advocacyContinue Reading
By Stephen Adeleye The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has urged the United Kingdom (UK) to lead concrete action against the global sovereign debt crisis. The foundation made the call ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda in November. It also urged the UK toContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran The Lagos State Government through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) says it received 33,009 cases of domestic and sexual violence in five years. The Attorney-General of Lagos State, Mr Lawal Pedro, disclosed this on Monday at Ikeja, at a media parley commemorating the 2026Continue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson Stakeholders in the health and legal sectors have called for improved access to contraception and professional medical care to prevent avoidable maternal deaths. They made the call on Monday during a memorial and advocacy meeting on preventing maternal deaths from unsafe maternal health practices. Continue Reading
By Mercy Sawok The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) has called on the federal and state governments to prioritise domestic financing, accountability and effective implementation of nutrition interventions to reduce anaemia among women and children. Mr Sunday Okoronkwo, Executive Secretary, CS-SUNN, made the call on Tuesday in AbujaContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commended security agencies and other groups for the successful rescue of 16 corps members abducted in Kogi. The corps members were abducted on Aug. 26 while travelling from the NYSC Orientation Camp in Bayelsa to Abuja after completing their OrientationContinue Reading
By Mercy Sawok Medical experts and global health partners have advocated strategic integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and local capacity building to sustain public health research and data management in Nigeria. The stakeholders made this known at the fourth Annual Scientific Symposium organised by the International ResearchContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili Africa on Monday marked the 24th African Traditional Medicine Day, with experts urging governments to invest more in research, regulation and innovation to unlock traditional medicine’s potential for universal health coverage. The World Health Organization (WHO), in a post on its official X account on Monday, saidContinue Reading
By Mercy Sawok Dr Oladipo Kolawole, an infectious disease expert, says Africa must strengthen its capacity to own, analyse and develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools from its genomic data to improve disease surveillance and public health outcomes. Kolawole, an Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, made the call at the fourthContinue Reading
