The Kwara State Government is set to begin a four-day polio vaccination campaign from June 28 to July 1, targeting 1.2 million children across the state.
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The Kwara State Government has pledged to enhance male participation in family planning (FP) to improve population control and reproductive health outcomes.
The Kwara State House of Assembly has called on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to ensure strict enforcement of the Kwara State Charcoal Production Prohibition Law and to prosecute offenders.
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Kwara Government have targeted over 100,000 pregnant women for the Integrated Health Intervention campaign in the state.
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 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, that 300,000 Kwara children would begin using the Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF).
The Chief Medical Director, Ayisha Buhari Mother and Child Hospital, Eiyenkonrin, Ilorin, Dr Shukurat Okesina said that the Kwara government has introduced supportive care for pregnant women during childbirth.
The Kwara State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Afees Alabi, says the Kaiama Shea Butter Factory will create 10,000 direct and indirect jobs after completion.
The Kwara State Government has disclosed that indicators have shown that the child mortality rate in Kwara is the lowest in Nigeria.
The Kwara Budget Committee Group has implored the state government to make budgetary allocation for silos and other preservation methods to reduce annual post-harvest losses to the tune of N94.5billion.