Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof. Muhammad Pate has announced the integration of the Sector-wide Approach (SWAp) initiative, a strategy to unify the health sector and enhance funding with key stakeholders’ involvement.
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The Anambra State Government has trained and inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG) on Alternate Care for Children in the state.
Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed into law a Bill for an Act to Provide for Menstrual Hygiene Products for Girls in Nasarawa State Public Schools by the Nasarawa State Government and other Related Matters Therewith.
A coalition of public health advocates has bemoaned the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for failing to curb the rising sale and marketing of e-cigarettes and flavoured vapes to minors.
A Consultant Family Physician at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Dr Modupe Ajibawo, has highlighted the need for proper breastfeeding of infants to reduce the risk of allergic conditions like asthma.
The Consultant Pulmonologist and Deputy-Director of Clinical Services, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr Oluwafemi Ojo, has called for increased public understanding of Asthma symptoms and improved treatment for patients.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that more than a 30-year difference in life expectancy between the richest and the poorest countries highlights global health inequities.
The Amaka Chiwuike-Uba Foundation (ACUF), a Non-Governmental Organisation, has called on governments at all levels and health stakeholders to address the widening gap in asthma treatment and management in Nigeria.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said Nigeria now stands as the country with the highest burden of malnourished children in Africa.
Housing, income, education, and other social conditions have a greater impact on health than genetics or the quality of health-care systems, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) study.