Category: Health

UNICEF, SPRING, FMOH Partners to Improve Infant and Young Child Feeding 0

UNICEF, SPRING, FMOH Partners to Improve Infant and Young Child Feeding

By Our Reporter The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) and the Federal Ministry...

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UNICEF seeks media support to promote breastfeeding

The United Nations Children Fund’s (UNICEF) has called on the media to support ongoing efforts to promote breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)...

Breastfeeding: A key component to achieving SDG – UNICEF 0

Breastfeeding: A key component to achieving SDG – UNICEF

By ALEX UANGBAOJE, kaduna Chief of Field Office, United Nations Children Educational Fund (UNICEF) Kaduna, Utpal Moitra has emphasized that for a country to develop,...

UNICEF trains 238 volunteers on infant and young child feeding in Kaduna LGA 0

UNICEF trains 238 volunteers on infant and young child feeding in Kaduna LGA

By ALEX UANGBAOJE, Kaduna UNICEF trains 238 volunteers on infant and young child feeding As part of effort to promote optimal breastfeeding and educate mothers...

Over 5m Nigerian Babies Deprived Of Breast Feeding – UNICEF 0

Over 5m Nigerian Babies Deprived Of Breast Feeding – UNICEF

More than five million newborns in Nigeria are deprived of essential nutrients and antibodies that protect them from disease and death as they are not...

‘Nigeria Loses Over 9,000 Women To Cervical Cancer Annually’ 0

‘Nigeria Loses Over 9,000 Women To Cervical Cancer Annually’

An estimated 14,550 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually in Nigeria, many of them presenting at an advanced stage, making it difficult to save...

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Polio: Kaduna immunises 3.8m children in 6 months – UNICEF

By Alex Uangbaoje The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday said 3.8 million children have so far been immunised against poliomyelitis from January to...

Genital Mutilation: Woman Escapes With Children 0

Genital Mutilation: Woman Escapes With Children

In a bid to escape painful and senseless female genital mutilation prevalent in certain communities in Nigeria, Mr. Olalowo Hammed Olalekan and his wife, Modinat...

320 communities certified Open Defecation Free in Kaduna State – UNICEF 0

320 communities certified Open Defecation Free in Kaduna State – UNICEF

Three hundred and twenty communities in three local government areas of Kaduna State were certified Open Defecation Free (ODF) between January and June 2016, United...

UNICEF Declares Kaduna, Malnutrition Epidemic State 0

UNICEF Declares Kaduna, Malnutrition Epidemic State

By Alex Uangbaoje The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday declared Kaduna State of Nigeria, malnutrition epidemic state with over 1.6 million children suffering...