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Vice President Kashim Shettima has launched ‘Grand Challenges Nigeria’ (GCNg), a national innovation programme aimed at revolutionizing Nigeria’s healthcare landscape through locally developed solutions. The initiative, which is part of the global Grand Challenges network, will focus on maternal and child health challenges in the first phase. Launching the initiative on Monday at the Presidential …
Nasarawa State has announced the review of its public health bills to strengthen health security and improve healthcare services for residents. The bills under review are the Nasarawa State Public Health Security Bill and the Public Health Bill. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Labaran Magaji, revealed this development during a four-day stakeholders’ meeting …
he European Union (EU) and the Enugu State Government have initiated a N3.33-billion Solar for Health Project to electrify 25 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the state. This initiative also saw the inauguration of the Enugu State Solar for Health Project Steering Committee, chaired by the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Emmanuel Obi, to ensure …
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concerns over Nigeria’s alarming sanitation challenges, revealing that 70% of schools and 88% of health facilities across the country lack access to basic sanitation services. Dr. Olusoji Akinleye, Coordinator and Officer in Charge (OIC) of UNICEF’s Enugu Field Office, disclosed these statistics during a media dialogue in …
The Sokoto State Ministry of Health has confirmed the treatment of 1,160 patients and reported 25 deaths due to gastroenteritis-related cases from January till date across 18 local government areas of Sokoto State. In an interview on Tuesday in Sokoto, Dr. Abdulganiyu Yusuf, Director of Public Health, stated that 23 of the fatalities occurred at …
A recent report by UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has revealed that 140 women and girls are killed daily by intimate partners or close relatives. This equates to one woman or girl being killed every 10 minutes globally. This is according to the Femicides in 2023: Global Estimates of …
The Minister for Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, revealed that 30 per cent of Nigerian women and girls aged between 15 and 49 have experienced physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives. She made this statement on Monday in Abuja during a press briefing and flag-off ceremony marking the commencement of the 16 Days …
Dr. Temitope Ilori, Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), has revealed that 1.6 million out of the 2 million people living with HIV in Nigeria are currently on treatment. She disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja ahead of the 2024 World AIDS Day, themed “Take the Rights …
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, has revealed that malaria costs Nigeria over $1.1 billion in annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) losses. He made this declaration at the inaugural meeting of the Advisory Body on Malaria Elimination in Nigeria ( AMEN) held in Abuja. A statement issued by the ministry’s …
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced that the first African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), located in Abuja, Nigeria, will commence operations in June 2025. The AMCE is an investment of $300 million, the facility is expected to expand to $700 million in its second phase and cater for the health needs of Nigerians …