Category: Health

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756,000 Under-five Children Dies Annually in Nigeria – Official

Agency Report The federal government says Nigeria records about 756,000 under five deaths annually. Osarenoma Uwaifo, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, disclosed this...

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Poor Quality: Kaduna Community Rejects Renovated Health Centre

 By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna The Ninte community in Jema’a Local Government Area, Kaduna State, has rejected a renovated Primary Healthcare Centre located in the community...

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Imo to Immunise 1.4m Children

Imo State will administer measles vaccine on over 1.4 million children between nine months and five years, Health Commissioner Mrs. Angela Uwakwem has said. She...

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Igbos Prone to Developing Glaucoma —Study Shows

Nigeria Blindness Survey had indicated that Igbo ethnic group had a higher risk of developing glaucoma just as men and unmarried people in Nigeria. The...

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Hungry IDPs Protest Food Shortage in Adamawa

Agency Report Hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Fufore and Malkohi camps in Adamawa staged peaceful protests over lack of food in their camps....

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3000 Tricycle Riders Gets Free Diabetic, Blood Pressure Test, Others in Kaduna

By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna A Tricycle marketing company, Wandel International Nigeria Limited, a flagship company of the Simba group that is home to some of...

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6.3m People Face Food Crisis in S/Sudan – UN

UN agencies have raised the alarm of food crisis in South Sudan, projecting that about 6.3 million people are facing food insecurity one year after...

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Intervention for Children: UNICEF Engages Nasarawa, Niger and Kaduna State on Planning, Implementation

By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna As part of measures to ensure states government takes full ownership and driving the planning and implementation process of intervention programmes...

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‘Save the Child’ Inaugurates 3-year Nutrition Advocacy Project for child Survival

By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna An NGO known as “Save the Children International (SCI) on Wednesday in Kaduna inaugurated a Nutrition Advocacy Project from 2018 to...

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Maternal Health: NGO Launches Awareness Campaign Across Kaduna LGAs …..Lauds Future Assured Programs

By Alex Uangbaoje, Zaria A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Women Connect Initiative (WCI) on Tuesday launched an awareness campaign to reduce the prevalence of Prolonged...