By Mohammed Baba Busu The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has received a significant boost to its capacity to train and regulate nursing and midwifery professionals in the country. The support, worth millions of Naira, was received from esteemed international partners, including the Gates Foundation, United Nations PopulationContinue Reading

                                                           PRESS RELEASE BY DIRECTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL, PROF MOJISOLA CHRISTIANAH ADEYEYE SURVEY ON UNDERAGE DRINKING AND ABUSE OF ALCOHOL: ACCESS TO ALCOHOL AND FREQUENCY OF CONSUMPTION [Study Sponsored by The Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIBAN) in Collaboration with NAFDAC. Continue Reading

CALMHAF, UNTH Foundation administer holistic healthcare to  senior citizens in Enugu No fewer than 104 senior citizens in Ozalla community in Enugu State have benefited from holistic healthcare outreach of the Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation (CALMHAF) and the UNTH Foundation. The outreach by both NGOs, which wasContinue Reading

CALMHAF, UNTH sign MoU to deepen mental healthcare access The Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation (CALMHAF) and University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen mental healthcare access to Nigerians. The MoU was signed by both foundations under their jointContinue Reading

By Rachael Abujah The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has inaugurated a five-year food security and malaria prevention project aimed at empowering 1,200 vulnerable households in Katsina and Nasarawa States. This is contained in a statement issued by Ms Uzoma Nwofor, Senior Communications Manager of IHVN, on Saturday inContinue Reading

Community leader partners students, teachers on sensitisation against GBV in Sokoto The District Head of Bodinga, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Bello Abdurrauf, has joined students and teachers on sensitisation against Gender Based Violence (GBV). The programme was conducted by United Nations (UN) Women, in collaboration withContinue Reading

Japan, SSDO partner to expand healthcare support in Enugu with medical waste incinerator project  The Government of Japan has deepened its healthcare interventions in Nigeria by signing a grant contract with the South Saharan Social Development Organisation (SSDO) to implement a  medical waste management project. The agreement for “The ProjectContinue Reading