Stakeholders at a meeting on “Reducing Salt Content in Commercially Processed Foods in Nigeria” have stressed the need for prompt…
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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has lauded the Adamawa Government for releasing an N100
million counterpart fund to intensify the fight against malnutrition.
Stakeholders at a meeting on “Reducing Salt Content in Commercially Processed Foods in Nigeria” have stressed the need for prompt action to check excessive salt consumption.
The number of child deaths, those who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9…
Some pharmacists have urged the Federal Government to provide pharmaceutical intervention funds to manufacturers to boost local production of drugs.…
As economic hardship persists in the country, a mental health expert, Dr Salau Abiola, has canvassed the need for adequate control and management of feelings/emotions to avert adverse effects of mental depression among Nigerians.
A health reporter with Daar Communications Plc, Ms. Ogom Ezedimbu, in partnership with Silver Cross Hospital Abuja, has donated 500 sanitary pads to the female students of Government Secondary School Garki, Abuja.
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), has urged residents of Jigawa, to imbibe good sanitation habits and sleep in well-ventilated rooms to stem the spread of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM).
Leaders from West African countries have come together to prioritise the strengthening of national public health institutions in the region.…
Administering fatal medication to another person is currently illegal, but passive assisted dying, by for example switching off life-support equipment or administering strong painkillers that accelerate death as a side-effect, is permissible.