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NRHJN Urges Stakeholders To Provide Easy Access To Contraceptives

NRHJN Urges Stakeholders To Provide Easy Access To Contraceptives

As Nigeria joined the world community to mark World Contraception Day (WCD), the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN) has urged stakeholders to provide easy access to quality reproductive health care, particularly access…

45% Of Kano Children Are Stunted – MIYCN

45% Of Kano Children Are Stunted – MIYCN

…Call For Urgent Actions Stunting is said to have affected over 46 per cent of under-five age children in Kano State due to a lack of proper breastfeeding techniques and observing the right nutrition. This…

Nigeria Prize for Science Award: Prof Amadi’s Winning Entry Saves Lives of Neonates

Nigeria Prize for Science Award: Prof Amadi’s Winning Entry Saves Lives of Neonates

Professpor Hippolite Amadi has emerged the winner of the 2023 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science. The Advisory Board of The Nigeria Prize for Science award which announced winner of the award last week,…

Sanofi, Delta State Partner on Improving Access to Diabetes Care

Sanofi, Delta State Partner on Improving Access to Diabetes Care

Sanofi is continuing to strengthen its long-standing commitment to access to diabetes care in low- and middle-income countries and underserved communities, where comprehensive care has not been widely available, through a series of innovative partnerships…

Effective PHC Services Can Help Actualise Universal Health Coverage –AMOHN

Effective PHC Services Can Help Actualise Universal Health Coverage –AMOHN

Medical doctors under the auspices of the Association of Medical Officers of Health in Nigeria (AMOHN), Lagos chapter, have called for the full implementation of primary health care (PHC) under one roof in Lagos State.…

Adequate Budgeting Critical to Closing Malnutrition Gap in Children

Adequate Budgeting Critical to Closing Malnutrition Gap in Children

The Cadre Harmonisé report shows that 17.7 million Nigerians from 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are currently facing hunger due to food insecurity in the country. The above data which reveals the…

LACSOP, LHSS Harmonise CSOs Input Into Lagos 2024 Budget

LACSOP, LHSS Harmonise CSOs Input Into Lagos 2024 Budget

The Lagos State Civil Society Participation for Development (LACSOP) with support from USAID-Local Health Systems Sustainability Project (LHSS) recently held a budget consultative forum to ensure that CSOs across the state galvanize actions to develop…

Diphtheria: UNICEF Advocates For Wider Vaccination Coverage For Children

Diphtheria: UNICEF Advocates For Wider Vaccination Coverage For Children

…Seeks additional US$ 3.3m for effective response Against the background of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in the country, UNICEF Nigeria has alerted on the need to expand vaccination to prevent the disease in children.…

Reps To Probe Unethical Practices Of Surrogacy Fertility In Hospitals

Reps To Probe Unethical Practices Of Surrogacy Fertility In Hospitals

The House of Representatives Tuesday resolved to conduct a thorough investigation into cases of unethical and exploitative practices in egg procurement and surrogacy by fertility hospitals and clinics. The decision was taken following the adoption…

Alliance Hospital Carries Out 27 Successful Kidney Transplants

Alliance Hospital Carries Out 27 Successful Kidney Transplants

Alliance Hospital has announced that it has successfully completed 27 kidney transplants in Nigeria without any complications. The Chief Medical Director of Alliance Hospital and Chief Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr Christopher Otabor disclosed this while conducting Health journalists around…