The Duchess International Hospital has performed a successful complex “open-heart” surgery operation on a five-year-old boy (known as “Master D”), born with a life-threatening congenital heart condition known as Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF).
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A nationwide survey by Invictus Africa, a civic-tech organisation, reveals that 50.7 per cent of Nigeria’s population remain unfamiliar with the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act.
The Kwara State Government has mobilised religious and community leaders in Fate, Ilorin South Local Government Area, in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
The Kaduna State Government says it has concluded plans to administer Azithromycin (antimicrobial resistance drug) on 2.8 million children in the state.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria, has called for joint actions to end period poverty in Nigeria with consistent investment in initiatives that bridged the knowledge gap of menstrual health management.
The Bauchi state government says it has initiated a N7.8 billion project for the upgrade of the Bauchi Specialist Hospital to enhance healthcare service delivery in the state.
The National Obstetric Fistula Center, Ningi, Bauchi State, has provided free corrective surgeries to 50 women suffering from obstetric fistula, joining the global campaign to end the condition by 2030.
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most widespread human rights issues globally, with women and girls being the most…
The world’s leading polio eradication programme faces a 40% budget cut next year as the paralysis-causing virus surges in its…
A group of 47 Nigerian medical students who escaped the war in Sudan in 2023 are now facing a bureaucratic…