The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) and the Kwara State Government have announced to construct West Africa’s largest oncology and diagnostic centre, in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The centre which is expected to cost about N2.5 billion is…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF has received approximately US$39 million in emergency funds from the government of Japan for the development of vaccine cold chains in Nigeria and 31 countries in Africa and Latin America…
A non-governmental organization Tabitha Cumi Foundation has made a donation of sanitary products to college students in Kado-Kuchi, FCT, while sensitizing the students on menstrual hygiene and the need to shun gender-based violence (GBV). The executive director of the foundation…
By Oluwatoyin KOLAWOLE | One of the leading pharmaceutical industry in Nigeria,GlaxoSmithKline and Save the Children International Nigeria has donated over N38 Million Naira worth of COVID-19 Response Medical Supplies and Oxygen Devices to the Lagos State Government. Country Director,…
The #TransfatFreeNigeria coalition has urged the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to finalize the processes for completing its participation in the World Health Organisation – Trans fatty Acids (WHO-TFA) laboratory testing “ring-trial” so that the enhanced…
Sitting inside the Church, Pastor Evelyn Omigie of Home for the Needy Foundation (IDP) Uhogua, Benin City, Edo state says, “We are grateful for the recent health intervention rendered by the government and the World Health Organization. The vaccination campaign…
By Mayowa Adeniran | Road safety stakeholders in Abuja have called for downward review of current speed limit from 50km/hour to 30km/hour in cities and areas where pedestrians and cyclist mix with traffic. The call which was made during the…
Family Planning is a cost effective way to prevent maternal, infant and child mortality in the society. First Lady and Wife of the Ogun state Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun stated this at the commissioning of the Ogun State Family Planning…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has stated that long working hours has led to 745, 000 deaths from stroke and ischemic heart conditions in 2016. This according to its statement on Monday is a…
As of yesterday, a total of 1,823,095 Nigerians have been vaccinated with the first dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the first phase of vaccination, according to the latest data from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). Also,…
