94,000 pregnant women HIV positive in Zamfara – USAID
Agency Report No fewer than 94,141 pregnant women are said to be HIV/AIDS positive in Zamfara. A United States Agency for International Aids (USAID) funded...
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Family Planning: Stakeholders Charges KDSG on Home Grown Maternal Mortality Data
Stakeholders on Family Planning in Nigeria has noted that relying on the regional figure for maternal mortality data for Kaduna State will not in any...
Police Nabs Foreigner Who Deliberately Infect Girls with HIV
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said it has arrested a foreign national, whose stock in trade was to deliberately sleep with and infect...
Ethical Misconduct: PSN to Deal With Erring Members
By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), in an effort to entrench the maintenance of high ethical practice, on Thursday, vowed to deal with...
Malnutrition: Need For More CMAM Sites in Kaduna State
#stopchildmalnutritionnigeria By ALEX UANGBAOJE No doubt that the Kaduna State Governor, Malam. Nasir El-rufai is passionate about the elimination of malnutrition in the state, judging...
KDSG Committed to Eradicating Malnutrition – Aisha El-Rufai …..Praises UNICEF For 100% Support
#stopchildmalnutritionnigeria By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna Wife of the Kaduna State Governor, Aisha Ummi El-Rufai on Thursday reassures of government commitment to totally eradicate malnutrition in the...
Risk of River Blindness In Kaduna: We Stand By Our Stories – Team of Investigative Journalist Replies Sight Savers
A team of investigative journalist based in Kaduna has insisted that their are cases of River Blindness in Kaduna State, following a statement by Sight...
Genital Mutilation: UNICEF Urges States to Enact Law To Criminalise Act
The United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged state governments to have a comprehensive legislation to criminalise female genital mutilation (FGM) and ensure strict enforcement to...
Malnutrition: CSOs attributes raising cases to ignorance
#stopchildmalnutritionnigeria Some Kaduna-based Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday attributed the increasing cases of malnutrition in Kaduna State to ignorance. The CSOs made the observation...
Group trains 30 CSOs to push for more govt intervention to end malnutrition
#stopchildmalnutritionnigeria The Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria, has commenced a five-day capacity training for 30 Civil Society Organisations in Kaduna State, to push government...