Abuja: The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) is set to embark on an intensive promotion of gender equality and children’s rights in Nigeria. This development follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to partner with Plan Inte…
Gombe: The Rotary International initiative on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, RMNCH, has trained journalists in Gombe State on solution-based journalism to help promote the use of healthcare services and reduce maternal and child mo…
Abuja: The Nigerian government has inaugurated the Health Sector Collective Bargaining Committee, signalling the formal start of structured negotiations with key health unions in Nigeria. Officials say the move is aimed at creating a fair and sustaina…
Bauchi: The Bauchi State House of Assembly has called for intensified efforts to strengthen immunisation services and reduce zero-dose areas across the state. Chairman of the House Committee on Health, Mr Lawal Dauda, made the appeal during a joint Co…
Birnin kebbi: Doctors Without Borders/M©decins Sans Fronti¨res (MSF) has raised alarm over the growing number of cholera cases in Zamfara State, reporting more than 1,500 infections from mid-June to early August.
According to Voice of Nigeria, MSF’s…
Kaduna: Kaduna State has launched the distribution of Health Insurance Identity Cards to 15,000 vulnerable residents under the Kaduna State Health Insurance Scheme, aimed at improving maternal and child healthcare. The flag-off ceremony, held at Hotel…
Lagos: Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has announced that President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda is paving the way for world-class healthcare in the country, with six state-of-the-art treatment centres …
Kano: The Health and Development Support Programme (HANDS), in collaboration with the Kano State Government, has reiterated its commitment to eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in seven identified endemic Local Government Areas (LGAs) of t…