Maternal

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has emphasised the importance of ensuring that hospitals, particularly Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs), have oxygen readily available for newborns who may need it. READ ALSO:UNICEF…

Anambra State Government in collaboration with the state Ministry of Health, held a two day training in Awka for community reproductive health officers from the 21 Local Government Areas of the state, on Establishing and Conducting…

Kwara State Government has announced the adoption and approval of six months maternity leave for working mothers. Wife of the state governor, Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, announced this at the flag-off of the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week and…

Rotary Club of Abuja, Lugbe-FHA, has called for adequate medical facilities and increased hygiene awareness to promote and improve maternal and child healthcare while also keeping polio at 0. According to newsmen reports, Rotary made this…

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Federal Health Institution (NANNM-FHI) says about one million midwives are needed to avert millions of maternal and newborn mortalities across the globe. Mr Morakinyo-Olajide…

Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has called for increased access for women to quality maternity services and education to reduce maternal mortality rate and ignorance among women in Nigeria. MWAN National President, Dr…

The first lady of Lagos State,  Dr. (Mrs) Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated the state government's commitment to  strengthen and enforce maternal and child health policies and programmes to curb maternal, child and infant…

The Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, has trained and deployed 60 midwives under the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund Programme, to facilities as part of efforts to curb maternal and infant mortality. The Director…

The Yobe State Government has designated 356 health facilities to enhance the implementation of the Maternal, New born and Child Health programme . The Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Lawan Gana, disclosed this at the…

The African Union Commission commemorates World Malaria Day 2022 with the mandate to meet the global goal to ‎‎eradicate malaria by 2030. READ ALSO: World Malaria Day: Associations partner to support low-income households in Nigeria…