By Folasade Akpan Stakeholders have called for a multisectoral strategy to strengthen Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development (AYSRH&D) programming and investment in Nigeria. This is contained in a communiqué issued in Abuja, following a two-day National Policy Dialogue held from Aug. 25 to 26. The eventContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology has signed a landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Shanghai Haiqi Industrial Company Ltd. China, to establish Nigeria’s first local insulin production facility. The agreement marks a significant step towards addressing the country’s insulin production needs and reducing relianceContinue Reading
By Lilian U. Okoro The Centre for the Advancement and Protection of the Rights of Vulnerable People (CAPRIGHTS-VP), an NGO, has urged community leaders in Alimosho to take stronger action against the maltreatment of child domestic workers. The Project Officer, Protecting Child Domestic Workers from Maltreatment (PCDW) Project, MercyContinue Reading
By Tolu Aiyegbusi The Federal Government has inaugurated the distribution of medical equipment and essential drugs valued at over N23 billion nationwide in a bid to strengthen the country’s primary healthcare system. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, who performed the inauguration in AbujaContinue Reading
By Justina Auta The Association of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN) has called for sustained efforts to reach women, children, and other marginalised groups with essential HIV services, in order to reduce the epidemic’s impact. Mrs Esther Hindi, National Coordinator of ASWHAN, made the appeal on Wednesday inContinue Reading
By Kemi Akintokun Capacity building for researchers specialising in health-related issues has been identified as a critical step in addressing Nigeria’s many health challenges. These challenges include endemic infectious diseases such as malaria, Lassa fever, yellow fever, cholera, and meningitis, as well as rising rates of maternal and child mortalityContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Federal Government and stakeholders have signed a compact to improve power supply in health institutions by at least 50 per cent within two years. The compact was signed on Wednesday in Abuja at the closing of the first National Stakeholders’ Dialogue on Power in the HealthContinue Reading
By Fortune Abang Dr Uche Nwokwu, National Coordinator of the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has called for regular cancer screening to enable early detection and treatment. He gave the advice during a cancer awareness programme organised by the Health and GenderContinue Reading
Plant By Muhammad Nur Tijani The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with IHS Nigeria, Canada and Norway Governments on Tuesday inaugurated and handed over a medical Oxygen plant to the Kano State Government at the Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital. Mr Dapo Otunla, Vice President of IHS Nigeria, whoContinue Reading
ECOWAS By Racheal Abujah A renowned virologist, Prof. Oyewale Tomori, has called on West African governments to take concrete steps to defeat Lassa fever, a viral haemorrhagic disease that continues to ravage the region. Tomori, a former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, made the call in his keynoteContinue Reading
