6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (279+ words) A health advocate and medical practitioner, Dr. Ademola Tosin Ojo, has called for greater public awareness, early detection and regular medical check-ups as critical steps to reducing the burden of breast cancer in Nigeria. Dr. Ojo, popularly known as DATO,…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (456+ words) A coalition of civil society organisations has commended Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, the Sokoto State Ministry of Health and the Acting Executive Secretary of the Sokoto State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SSPHCDA), Dr Bilyaminu Yari Sifawa, for the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1317+ words) From radio stations and government offices to churches and mosques, AIM-MNCNH Champions are building a powerful Lagos-wide alliance, pushing maternal health advocacy closer to women and families at the grassroots in a determined campaign against preventable deaths. CHIOMA UMEHA writes....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1406+ words) For many vulnerable pregnant women in underserved communities, the journey to safe motherhood can be complicated by the cost of healthcare, limited access to information and long-standing reliance on unregistered sources of care. But in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, an intervention…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (292+ words) Natasha C. Oyibo, the convener of Arieli Foundation, has called for greater inclusion of women in the public policy and decision-making processes that shape communities and access to essential services. She was speaking as a panellist at the Nigerian Bar Association…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (369+ words) The Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) says granting a six months paid maternity leave to mothers will go a long way in addressing the challenges associated with malnutrition in Gombe State. The State Coordinator of CS-SUNN, Rebecca…...