By Hussaina Yakubu Kaduna State Government has launched the ‘Girl Effect Oya Campaign’ to intensify efforts against cervical cancer and adolescent malnutrition. The campaign, unveiled at the Gusau Institute in Kaduna, also marked the milestone of vaccinating 754,304 girls, aged 9 to 14 against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), theContinue Reading
By Abujah Racheal Nigerian experts in psychiatry, neurosurgery, and child neurology are urging urgent reforms as suicide and traumatic brain injury devastate the nation’s youth and cripple its workforce. During a webinar on Wednesday by the Child Neurology Society of Nigeria, experts warned that suicide and brain trauma are silentContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) has announced that the implementation of the 18 million euro grant from the European Union (EU) to support vaccine research in Nigeria will commence soon. The Director-General, Dr Obi Adigwe, disclosed this in an interview with the NewsContinue Reading
By Ibukun Emiola The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has earned dual international accreditation for its Department of Nuclear Medicine, positioning it as a global reference point in precision cancer care. Dr Olumayowa Kolade, Consultant in Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging & Theranostics, Department of Nuclear Medicine, UCH, stated this inContinue Reading
By Christian Njoku Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River says the state may review the retirement age of its doctors from 60 to 65 years to holistically reform the state’s health sector. Otu said this on Wednesday while addressing national officers of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), whoContinue Reading
By Franca Ofili The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to integrating self-care into the daily lives of individuals, families, and communities across Nigeria. Dr Samuel Oyenyi, Director and Head of the Reproductive Health Division at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, said this in Abuja during aContinue Reading
By Folasade Akpan The Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Identity and Population, Sen. Victor Umeh, has reiterated the call for a credible and timely population and housing census in Nigeria. He said such a census was essential to support national planning and youth-focused development, especially in a countryContinue Reading
By Habibu Harisu The Community Awareness and Development Initiative (CADI), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) supported by the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) on Tuesday trained 84 community groups in Sokoto State on family planning campaign. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the targeted persons comprised traditional and religiousContinue Reading
By Uchenna Ugwu A 37-year-old single mother from Ebonyi, Susan Nweze, on Tuesday, said her newborn baby was not sold for N25 million. Nweze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at her residence in Abakaliki that she only collected N700,000 for adoption and not for sale as alleged byContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has trained health leaders and managers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on development of smart, budget-linked and data-driven Annual Operational Plan (AOP). The four-day training, which ended on Saturday in Abuja, was under the National Health Sector RenewalContinue Reading
