Health

Musa Na Allah, Sokoto Sokoto State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (SSPHCDA) has in collaboration with The Challenge Initiative (TCI) Sensitized Ward Development Committees’ access to Family planning services and utilization …

Ibrahim Musa, Kano Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has revealed that effective tobacco control can reduce the prevalence of Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) by up to 80%. This was disclosed …

Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has launched the 2024 Polio Eradication campaign in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area. This initiative reaffirms his administration’s commitment to combating polio and …

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, on Thursday, expressed concern over the high level of fake, substandard and falsified drugs in …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that inadequate nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life can lead to stunted physical and impaired cognitive development. UNICEF’s …

Muhammad Garba There was a mixed reaction over the importance of family planning among the women and communities in Jigawa state as the world celebrates World Contraceptive Day (WCD) 2024. …

At least, eleven people comprising men, women and children have lost their lives following an outbreak of cholera in Ndibokote village of Ezza Inyimagu in Izzi Local Government Area, Ebonyi …

Musa Na Allah, Sokoto In commemoration of the World Contraception Day (WCD) on Thursday, 26 September, health experts in Nigeria, including Prof. Josiah Mutihir of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), …

Nigeria is currently witnessing an intense transmission of the circulating variant poliovirus type 2(cVPV2), the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. The executive director of the agency, …

An average of 145 women of childbearing age are lost daily to pregnancy and childbirth related complications. Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Muyi Aina, who …