By Mark Longyen The Managing Director of the Sierra Leone News Agency (SLENA), Mrs Lolo Thompson-Oguamah, has urged African news agencies to leverage their platforms to achieve public health sovereignty in their countries. She stated this on Wednesday in Rabat, the Moroccan capital, at the 8th General AssemblyContinue Reading
By Mustapha Yauri The Ahmadu Bello University Teaching University (ABUTH), Zaria, says it has concluded arrangements to engage 518 health professionals, to mitigate the impact of medical brain drain and enhance healthcare service delivery. Prof. Ahmed Umdagas, Chief Medical Director of the hospital, said this in an interview with theContinue Reading
By Aminu Garko Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has launched the Abba Care Initiative with the enrollment of over 300,000 individuals in a free health insurance scheme. The initiative, according to his spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, is aimed at enhancing healthcare access for the state’s most vulnerable populations. HeContinue Reading
By Nana Musa The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving Nigeria’s healthcare system. Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), made this statement on Wednesday during the launch of the National Health Facility Survey (NHFS) Report 2023 in Abuja. Adeniran stated thatContinue Reading
By Sani Idris-Abdulrahman UNICEF has brainstormed with journalists from Kaduna State, Nasarawa, Niger and Kwara on bolstering reportage of health and education issues. This was in an effort to expand media buy-in at all levels to strengthen terms of engagement to promote reporting and broadcasting of health and education programmes,Continue 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 Folasade Akpan The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja commemorated the maiden National Health Promotion Day (HPD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the HPD aims to promote healthy living among Nigerians, and has ‘Health Promotion: The Catalyst for Sustainable Health and Wellbeing of Nigerians’ as itsContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, has advised media practitioners to engage in regular exercise and sporting activities to maintain physical fitness and enhance mental alertness. Ali gave this advice in Abuja on Thursday during a meeting with membersContinue Reading
The Defence and Police Officer’s Wives Association (DEPOWA) on Monday, sensitised girls of adolescent age to menstrual health hygiene and distributed sanitary pads to them at Junior Secondary School Dei-Dei in AbujaContinue Reading
