...With about 70 percent of children in Nigeria not having their birth registered, the National Population Commission (NPopC) Lagos state, has pledged to meet one million birth registration target before the end of 2019.
Rwanda has reopened on Thursday its border with DR Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people in the past year. The border was closed for several hours after the confirmation of a third death from Ebola…
Researchers are warning of a ‘terrifying prospect’ of drug resistant malaria parasites arriving in Africa. They fear the possibility that the genetic makeup of the mosquitoes-born parasites that induce the ailment, are changing and could resist available medicinal combinations like…
...“He cited ongoing conflict in North Eastern Nigeria, general low immunity levels, and funding as key challenges to the programme,’’ Ms Warigon stated.
DR Congo’s Health Minister Oly Ilunga has resigned. Ilunga stepped down from his position today citing his removal as the head of his country’s Ebola response as the major reason for his resignation. He stated that his removal raises concerns…
Nigeria Health Watch (NHW) partners with Connected Development (CODE) to improve the healthcare service delivery in all Primary Healthcare Centres (PHC) across the country. Vivianne Ihekweazu, NHW Director of Programmes, explained that the partnership was initiated with the purpose of…
The Lagos State Government, StopTB Partnership Nigeria and other stakeholders on ending tuberculosis say Lagos State presently has the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria. They made the assertion at a Dinner Forum with Corporate Sector on Mobilising Domestic…
The European Union in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has inaugurated a solar-driven motorised water facility in Riyom local government area of Plateau state. The organisations said the project will benefit about 4,500 people in the community,…
By Ijeoma Ukazu – Out of 47 Million Nigerians who practice Open Defecation, ODF, 16 Million live in the North Central region of the country. Revealing this to journalists at a media dialogue, Clean Nigeria: Use The Toilet Campaign organised…
An in -depth clinical research study conducted in four African countries found no significant difference in risk of HIV infection among women using one of three highly effective, reversible contraceptive methods. Going by the report published recently in the Lancet,…
