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Katsina Govt partners with SFH to improve sexual reproductive health
The Katsina State Government says it is collaborating with Society for Family Health (SFH), to improve sexual reproductive health outcomes across its 34 Local Government Areas.
The Executive Secretary, Katsina State Primary Health Care…
UNICEF, NOA empower 1,800 out-of-school adolescent girls
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), in collaboration with UNICEF has empowered 1,800 out-of-school adolescent girls with skills in Chikun and Zaria Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.
Malam Hamisu Abubakar-Miyere, State Director,…
Katsina Lawmaker Distributes Free Malaria Drugs To Constituents
The member representing Katsina Local Government Constituency at the Katsina state House of Assembly, Aliyu Abubakar Albaba has launched the distribution of Free Malaria Drugs to over 30 Health Care Centres in the constituency.
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NGO distributes 500,000 doses of River blindness drugs in Kaduna
Sight Savers International in collaboration with Kaduna State Ministry of Health has flagged off the distribution of over five hundred thousand doses of River Blindness drugs in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
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Groups partner to tackle air pollution in Lagos
An environmental sustainability group, FABE Foundation and the Prudential Zenith Life Assurance, have partnered to tackle air pollution in Lagos State.
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River Blindness: Kaduna, Sightsavers inaugurates mass administration of drug
The Kaduna State Government in collaboration with Sightsavers, an NGO, on Friday inaugurated the mass administration of drug against river blindness in Makarfi, Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state.
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Measles: UNICEF to inoculate 3.8m children in 4 states
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says it has targeted 3.8 million children for immunisation against measles in four states.
READ ALSO:UNICEF Urges Parents To Immunize Kids Against Measles
Patrick Akor,…
Stroke is rising to alarming proportion in Nigeria – Neurologists
Prof. Kolawole Wahab, the Head of Stroke Unit of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has warned that the high burden of stroke in Nigeria was taking an epidemic proportion.
Wahab stated this while speaking on the sidelines…
FCT, NMA partner to register vulnerable Nigerians for special health programme
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Health Secretariat has collaborated with the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to register vulnerable Nigerians for a special health programme titled “Know your numbers, control them.”
Dr Adedolapo…
UNFPA trains medical workers to support displaced persons in Zamfara
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has partnered with the Zamfara Ministry for Humanitarian and Relief Matters to train medical workers from eight local government areas plagued by insecurity.
Dr Audu Alayande of the UNFPA,…