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
By Felix Ajide …Says 441 Lives Lost to Road Fire Incidents in 2024 Nigerian Burn Injuries Society has urged members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ilorin to adopt safer practices on the road and at home in order to reduce the rising cases of fireContinue Reading
NAFDAC builds capacity of patent medicines dealers on identification of substandard, unregistered medicines The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has built capacity of patent and proprietary medicines dealers on identification, avoidance and reporting suspicious substandard and unregistered medicine and medicine-related products. The Director, South-East Zone of NAFDAC,Continue Reading
(NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye) The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will continue to engage table water and bread producers to ensure safe and high quality products in the South-East. The Director, South-East Zone of NAFDAC, Dr Festus Ukadike, said thisContinue Reading
World COPD Day 2025: Foundation says household air pollution, poverty fueling chronic respiratory illnesses The Amaka Chiwuike‑Uba Foundation (ACUF) says household air pollution and poverty fueling Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) among Nigerians. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic, progressive and preventable respiratory illness which remains inadequately understood,Continue Reading
World COPD Day 2025: A Governance Wake‑Up Call for Nigeria’s Silent Respiratory Epidemic By Prof. Chiwuike Uba, Chairman of Board, Amaka Chiwuike‑Uba Foundation (ACUF) As the world marks World COPD Day on Nov. 19, 2025, Nigeria stands at a critical juncture. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a chronic, progressive, andContinue Reading
