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Professor calls for Improved Genetics Research for Upgrading Health outcomes
A Professor of Genetics/Molecular Biology and Public Health at the Institute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Professor Olukemi Amodu, has emphasised the need to improve on the existing framework of genetics research in Nigeria…
Group Takes Family Planning Campaign To Grassroots In Osun
A reproductive health solutions group, The Challenge Initiative (TCI) has taken family planning neighbourhood campaign to grassroot communities in Osun State.
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Africa Women Conference Combats Menstrual Poverty in Zambia
Delegates at the 8th Edition of the Africa Women Conference (AWC), have donated Menstrual Cups to tackle Menstrual poverty in Zambia.
READ ALSO:Menstrual hygiene critical aspect of healthcare – NGO reveals
The…
Expert decries Rise in sexual, domestic abuse cases
A lawyer and human rights advocate, Toyin Taiwo-Ojo, has lamented the rise of sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria.
READ ALSO:GBV: Foundation sensitises adolescent in Lagos, Benue, Ebonyi
She expressed her…
Expert tasks Nigeria on attractive, sustainable toilets
The founder of the World Toilet Organisation (WTO), Prof. Jack Sim has urged Nigeria to prioritise the creation of attractive and sustainable toilets through private sector collaboration.
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Yellow Fever: Yobe unveils 2024 vaccination campaign
The Yobe State Government will launch a state-wide Yellow Fever mass vaccination campaign on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. The campaign, a collaborative effort between the Yobe State Primary Healthcare Board, the National Primary Healthcare…
Gombe to operationalise FG’s free caesarean section scheme
The Gombe state government says it will operationalise the federal government’s free caesarean section surgery through implementation of an Emergency Ambulance Response system.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Habu Dahiru, said this in an…
Expert calls for improved critical care for preterm babies
Co-Founder of Babies Matter Medical Centre (BMMC), Dr Efunbo Dosekun, a subsidiary of Outreach Signature Hospitals in Lagos, has called for more collaboration to ensure improved critical care for preterm babies.
Dosekun, a Paediatrician…
Association donates prosthetic limbs to 2014 Nyanya bomb blast victim
The Nigerian Prosthetist, Orthotist and Orthopaedic Technology Society (NPOOTS), has donated prosthetic limbs to victim of the 2014 Nyanya bomb blast and one other person to aid mobility and improve their lives.
The National President of…
NNPC Ltd, Partners, Boost Cancer Fight with Mammography Centre
In furtherance of its war against cancer, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), along with its partners - TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria Limited, SAPETRO, CNOOC, and PRIME 130 - has inaugurated a cutting-edge…