6+ hour, 9+ min ago  (598+ words) The app is designed to build healthcare workers" capacity and strengthen safe childbirth practices. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in collaboration with the Bauchi State government, has launched a digital application to promote safer deliveries and improve maternal and…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (515+ words) Health minister Ali Pate disclosed this at an event to celebrate the International Day of the Midwife 2026. The federal government is implementing strategic initiatives, including the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation and Initiative in 33 states, to reduce mortality through…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (415+ words) Ministers of Health from the Economic Community of West African States are considering adopting a binding regional charter to reduce maternal, child, and infant mortality across the sub-region. Speaking ahead of the ministerial session, Sierra Leone's health minister, Austin Demby,…...

1+ mon, 10+ hour ago  (530+ words) A public health expert has called on Nigerian organisations to adopt deliberate workplace policies addressing menstrual disorders, warning that the condition is quietly eroding productivity and limiting female participation in the workforce. Roselynn Etukudo-Modi, head of human resources at the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (402+ words) The speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman, on Wednesday introduced a bill to curb unsafe childbirth practices and unregulated blood transfusions. The bill, which scaled second reading during plenary in Bauchi, received unanimous support from lawmakers,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (318+ words) Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, has announced that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, adding that she has commenced treatment immediately." In a statement on Monday, Ms Wiles was thankful to her medical team for detecting…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (416+ words) The Maternal Accountability Mechanism in Kaduna Initiative has urged the Kaduna State Government to boost the implementation of the 2026 health budget to curb maternal and child deaths. "While the day is globally observed to celebrate the achievements and resilience of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (569+ words) A non-governmental organisation, the African Immigrants Resources Centre, said it distributed sanitary pads to 4, 072 schoolgirls across four states of Nigeria. The organisation's Convener, Chimezie Oji-Kalu, disclosed this in Owerri on Sunday at the conclusion of a two-day "Give A Girl…...