5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (376+ words) The Sokoto State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund, has inaugurated State Steering and Local Government Committees on Maternal, Perinatal and Child Death Surveillance and Response. The committees are expected to strengthen the review of maternal, perinatal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (330+ words) The Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, has announced the death of Nollywood actress Atinuke Kareem, who passed away after a battle with breast cancer. The statement was accompanied by a video clip of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (328+ words) The Lagos State Government has urged Traditional Birth Attendants to strengthen referrals to health facilities when pregnant women develop complications, as new figures showing a sharp decline in TBA-recorded antenatal registrations and deliveries raise concerns about how women are accessing…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (134+ words) Bouillon cube mandatory fortification: A threat to maternal and child health Punch Newspapers Despite the voluntary fortification of bouillon with iron, the prevalence of anaemia in Nigeria has doubled over the last two decades. Rather than deepening reliance on sodium-dense…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (639+ words) File: Sokoto Commissioner for Health, Dr Faruk Umar Abubakar The Sokoto State Government has unveiled fresh measures to reduce maternal and newborn deaths through the provision of free delivery kits and solar-powered lighting in labour rooms and maternity units across…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (984+ words) Maternal health experts have stressed the importance of healthy diets during pregnancy, warning that poor nutrition and malnutrition can restrict foetal growth and increase the risk of low birth weight, premature birth and, in severe cases, foetal death. The gynaecologists…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1001+ words) A fresh internal disagreement is brewing within the Nigeria Labour Congress following a directive by its national secretariat asking affiliate unions and their officials to steer clear of the Working People United, a support group campaigning for the re-election of…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (617+ words) Governor of Sokoto State Ahmed Aliyu The Sokoto State Government has announced plans to introduce free delivery kits for women giving birth in public health facilities across the state as part of renewed efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (974+ words) Prophet Itunu Onadeko, the fiancé of late Nollywood actress, Temitope Osoba, has alleged that the actress died at a police station in Ikorodu, Lagos State, contrary to widespread speculation that she died from complications arising from breast cancer. Onadeko stated…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (833+ words) Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State was agog on Wednesday as it joined the global celebration in a road walk and community sensitisation campaign across major streets of the town to educate residents on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding....