Malnutrition Wiping Out Children in Northern Nigeria, Aid Workers Say
Starvation in northern Nigeria’s Borno State is so bad that a whole slice of the population — children under 5 — appears to have died,...
Category: Health
Trump reverses abortion policy for aid to NGOs
President Donald Trump signed an executive action on Monday reinstating the so-called Mexico City Policy, which bars international non-governmental organizations that perform or promote abortions...
Addressing funding gap to save millions of Nigerian children from dying of malnutrition
By Philip Yatai, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Recent survey by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) indicates that malnutrition accounts for the death of...
Relocate or Stop Now, NAFDAC Warns Unhealthy Package Water Producers
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna The Zonal Coordinator National Agency for Food Drug Administration andControl (NAFDAC), North West, Sabo Ibrahim has issued a stern warning to...
Buhari kicks off revitalisation of 10,000 primary health care centres
As part of efforts to reverse the poor health indices and ensure universal health coverage in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has kicked off the...
Stakeholders canvass increased allocation to health sectorsector
Stakeholders in the health sector at a retreat in South Africa organised by the National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS) have called on the Federal...
Kaduna: SHAWN II, Giving a New Lease of Life to 354 Communities in 3 LGAs
By Alex Uangbaoje Nigeria – Over three hundred and fifty four (354) communities in three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Chikun, Kubau and Kachia in...
Malnutrition in Nigeria May Increase in 2017 – UNICEF
By Alex Uangbaoje, kaduna In view of the current economic recession bedevilling Nigeria, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Tuesday ask Nigerians to be prepared...
2017 budget: Group laud Kaduna Govt. for emergency nutrition intervention
The Kaduna State Chapter of Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) on Friday commended the Kaduna State Government for making budgetary provision for Emergency...
HIV/AIDS: Kaduna has Put Nigeria on Global Map – UNICEF
By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna Following her commitment to various interventions in the health sector, especially issues concerning women and children, United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF),...