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Some career women in Bauchi State, on Thursday, urged the state government to set up creches in workplaces to improve child health status and boost productivity. Creches are child care centres where nannies take care of children in the…

Kaduna State government in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has set up creche at two ministries, departments and agencies of the state. The creche was established at the Planning and Budget Commission and the…

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that Diphtheria has claimed the lives of 122 children in Nigeria as of July 2023. The UNICEF’s Communications Officer in Nigeria, Ms Safiya Akau, stated…

Anambra State Ministry of Health in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), on Tuesday, organized the first Women Health Conference at Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre…

The wife of the governor of Enugu State, Mrs Nkechinyere Mbah, has advocated for nursing mothers to engage in exclusive breastfeeding for their babies, saying it would help them grow healthy. Mbah made the call when she paid a visit to the…

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s World Breastfeeding Day, the government says only 9% of organizations have a workplace for breastfeeding policy and this calls for serious, thoughtful actions. READ…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged Borno and Yobe state governments to review maternity protection policy and adopt the extended six months maternity leave for working mothers. Phuong Nguyen, the UNICEF Chief of Field…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for Enugu state Government to support it’s programmes on child’s rights, in order to enable the agency to achieve its set objectives in the state. Mrs Ngozi Onuora, Nutrition…

The United Nations International Children Education Foundation (UNICEF) on Friday in Ilorin lauded the Kwara State Government on quality primary healthcare service delivery. READ ALSO:Nigeria Improves In Immunization Routine Globally-…

The Ogun State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Kunle Ashimi has expressed concern over the exclusion of Nigeria from the list of African countries to benefit from the new malaria vaccine rollout by the World Health…