The Federal Government has started giving out free Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) items worth N2.9 billion across Nigeria. This…
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Health ministers from African countries met at the 75th World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee in Lusaka, Zambia. They agreed…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the federal and state governments to make free medical care available to…
Health experts are very worried about the Federal Government’s decision to cut the 2025 family planning budget by 97%. They…
The Kaduna State Government has been praised for always setting aside more than 15 percent of its yearly budget for…
The Rotary Clubs of Eko Heights, Ikeja Legend, and Mushin Metropolitan are working together to reduce the number of mothers who die during childbirth in Nigeria.
The Bauchi State Commissioner for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Sani Mohammed Dambam, has expressed deep concern over the alarming rate of maternal deaths in the state, describing it as the worst in the North-East, according to the 2023 National Demographic and Health Information Survey (NDHIS).
President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso has announced that all childbirth services in the country will now be completely free.…
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Katsina State Government, on Friday launched the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII) as a strategy to significantly reduce maternal and neonatal deaths in the country.
United Nations agencies have warned that cuts in aid will threaten the fragile progress in ending maternal deaths globally.