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Stakeholders Call For Urgent Financing Reforms To Reduce Maternal Deaths In Nigeria
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (98+ words) LEADERSHIP Newspapers Stakeholders Call For Urgent Financing Reforms To Reduce Maternal Deaths In Nigeria We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on…...
Stakeholders Call For Urgent Action To Support Women In Conflict Zones
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (562+ words) Civil society leaders, development partners, and women’s rights advocates have called for urgent and coordinated efforts to protect and empower women caught in violent conflicts across Nigeria. They warn that thousands continue to suffer from the devastating effects of insecurity…...
Maternal Health Crisis: Nigeria Has Solutions, But Poor Execution Kills Mothers — Akpede
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (235+ words) Professor of Paediatric Neurology and Infectious Diseases, Prof. George Akpede, has blamed Nigeria’s persistently high maternal and newborn deaths on poor implementation of proven healthcare interventions rather than a lack of innovation. According to him, the challenge is not the…...
No Man Can Fully Please A Woman, Pastor Funke Adejumo Tells Husbands
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (318+ words) Globally respected preacher and women’s advocate, Funke Felix-Adejumo, has urged married men not to lose themselves in an attempt to satisfy their wives, saying it is impossible for any man to completely please a woman. The founder of Agape Christian…...
Federal Govt Donates N10bn Medical Equipment, Ambulances To Bauchi Healthcare Facilities
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (589+ words) The federal government yesterday flagged off the distribution of comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care (CEmONC) equipment, essential drugs, ambulances, maternity kits and other healthcare commodities worth about N10 billion to health facilities across Bauchi State to strengthen healthcare delivery and…...
UNICEF, Imo Govt Reassure Residents On Maternal, Child Health
1+ week, 5+ day ago (402+ words) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reassured its preparedness and commitment to collaborate with the Imo State government to ensure that the aims and objectives of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health week (MNCH) programme is achieved. The chief…...
NGOs Sensitise Benue Women, Girls On Menopause
3+ week, 1+ day ago (225+ words) A non-governmental organisation, OKaha Women and Children Development Organisation, Voices of Change and FOS Feminista, have pledged renewed commitment to sustain campaigns on women and girls’ menstrual and menopausal hygiene. Ijuwo said as agent of change that shape public narratives…...
Menstrual Health Day: Bauchi Stakeholders Want Stronger Action Against Stigma
3+ week, 2+ day ago (571+ words) Stakeholders in Bauchi State have clamoured for stronger collaboration among government institutions, schools, civil society organisations (CSOs) and development partners to address menstrual stigma and improve access to menstrual hygiene support for adolescent girls in the state. The call was…...
Kaduna Asks LG Chairmen To Deliver Better Maternal, Child Healthcare
3+ week, 2+ day ago (553+ words) Kaduna State government has challenged local government chairpersons to make the survival of mothers and children a defining measure of their performance in office. It stressed that improved primary healthcare services were essential to reducing preventable deaths in rural communities....
Stakeholders Launch Campaign On Menstrual Hygiene
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (903+ words) Stakeholders in women’s health, education, and adolescent development have called for stronger support systems to address menstrual hygiene challenges facing young girls in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and across Nigeria. This was made known during the launch of Adopt-A-Teen…...