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UNICEF, Stakeholders Round Off Exclusive Breastfeeding Campaign In Bayelsa

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Bayelsa State Ministry of Health, through the Primary Healthcare Board (BSPHCB) with other stakeholders rounded off a community sensitization on exclusive Breastfeeding and complementary feeding…

Nigeria Health Watch, Niger Govt Train 25 Fellows To Combat Health Misinformation

As part of efforts to curb various forms of misinformation, the Nigeria Health Watch (NHW) has entered into a partnership with the Niger State Government to train twenty-five agents as health misinformation management fellows. While…

Firm Begins Drone Delivery Of Blood To Health Facilities In Kaduna

Firm Begins Drone Delivery Of Blood To Health Facilities In Kaduna

Zipline, a drone delivery company has commenced the transporting of medicines to hard-to-reach health facilities in Kauru, Kaduna State. The staff of Zipline at the Pambegua Zipline distribution centre had received an emergency request for…

Understanding Social Determinants for Innovative Interventions in Maternal, Child Health Survival

Understanding Social Determinants for Innovative Interventions in Maternal, Child Health Survival

The joy of becoming a mother and holding one’s newborn in their hands has often been described as being unexplainable or unquantifiable. Unfortunately, not every mother is opportune to enjoy the feeling. In Nigeria, 1…

Vaccine Cold Chain, Others: ACPN, Simba Partner on Solar Power Provision

Vaccine Cold Chain, Others: ACPN, Simba Partner on Solar Power Provision

In its quest to ensure that its members have access to electricity supply 24 hours a day, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Simba Power,…

‘Prioritise Research, Funding to Fight TB’

‘Prioritise Research, Funding to Fight TB’

The Federal Government has been called upon to prioritise funding of research and also provide adequate support for tuberculosis (TB) patients, especially women and children that are most vulnerable. Making the call in Ilorin, the…

PSN Raises Concern Over 2M Unregistered Pharmaceutical Premises

PSN Raises Concern Over 2M Unregistered Pharmaceutical Premises

…Says Thriving Drug Abuse, Misuse Consuming Youths Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has explained the reason why there’s prevalence of fake and substandard drugs in Nigeria, saying there are over two million unregistered pharmaceutical premises…

COVID-19 Testing Project: Frontiers Healthcare Debunks Corruption Allegation

A multinational, Frontiers Healthcare Services (FHS), has debunked allegations of wrongdoing or corrupt practices in its operations of the COVID-19 testing project at the Kotoka International Airport, Ghana. The firm’s management, in a statement, said…

Annual DAAF Memorial Merit Awards For Best Health Reporters Instituted

The annual Dr AbdulAziz Anako Fache (DAAF) Memorial Merit Awards for the best Reporters in both print and electronic media have been instituted in Abuja. This is contained in a statement from Onche Odeh, media…

Nigeria To Vaccinate 7.7m Girls Against HPV To Prevent Cervical Cancer

Nigeria To Vaccinate 7.7m Girls Against HPV To Prevent Cervical Cancer

Nigeria has introduced the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system, aiming to reach 7.7 million girls, the largest number in a single round of HPV vaccination in the African region, in a…