Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday, said that the state’s Contributory Health Insurance Scheme had ensured improved access to healthcare and decline in child and maternal mortality.
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The President of Mandate Health Empowerment Initiative (MHEI), Mr Zion Abba, on Friday advocated the need to prioritise mental health in schools across the country to support students’ wellbeing.
The Benin Medical Care (BMC), on Friday, inaugurated a Renal Dialysis Unit to effectively tackle the rising cases of patients suffering from kidney failure on a daily basis.
The Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN), has called on Government to promote the fight for menstrual hygiene of girls in schools in a dignified manner.
Reproductive Health Expert, Mrs Ijeoma Onuorah, says that the use of contraceptives for family planning does not cause cancer but reduces the risk of cancers.
Researchers in Germany on Friday said the growing use of diabetic drug `semaglutiden’ is leading to shortages of supply as many people now use it to aid weight loss.
No woman should lose her life to cervical cancer when there are tools to prevent, make early diagnoses and treat it, Global Health Leaders and advocates have said.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has vowed to seal any health facility providing substandard services within the territory.
Laure Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) Centre in Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, has successfully treated 15,000 fistula survivors in the state from 1987 till date.
The African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF) says it will provide a unique opportunity for Nigeria and the continent to be independent and less reliant on outside for vaccines.