By Abudu A. Olalekan | The World Health Organization, WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti have made it known that children living with HIV are not being adequately identified for HIV treatment. While delivering her speech in commemoration…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). This was announced in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) has said that almost 15 percent of global AIDS-related deaths in children and adolescents globally occur in Nigeria. In a report released to mark the 2020 World AIDS Day, UNICEF…
A six-month Media-in-Health-Care-Accountability Project through which the International Press Centre hopes to facilitate the emergence of a corps of next generation investigative health reporters is commencing this December. The project seeks to enhance the capacity of the media and younger…
The World Health Organization (WHO) and immunization experts in the African Region have called on countries and health stakeholders to prioritize immunization services – which have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic – in order to protect children and communities…
By Ijeoma UKAZU | To commemorate the International Day on Eliminating Violence Against Women, the Mothers and Marginalised Advocacy Centre, MAMA Centre has called for stringent and holistic policy actions to address recurring violence, abuses against women in public as…
Save the Children International Nigeria commends the Katsina State House of Assembly for passing the Child Protection Bill on 25th November 2020, almost 17 years after the Child Rights Act (2003) was first presented to the House to be domesticated. The…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | As the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists, Nigeria marks its 10 years of existence, it is calling on all stakeholders to ensure quality sexual reproductive health care services among all Nigerians especially women and young girls.…
Chidiogo Lilian Ezejelue’s new novel, Far From The End, highlights the challenges of teenage pregnancy, and the social stigma surrounding it. It tells the story of Ada, a model teenager with her life mapped out, who gives in to her…
The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), in its commitment to ensure that residents at the grassroots have access to affordable, effective and quality healthcare, has partnered with First Bank of Nigeria Limited to utilise its over 13,000 Firstmonie Agents…
