Health

Mental Health: Experts Seek Inclusive Care, Highlight Immigrants’ Hidden Struggles

Experts have called for inclusive mental healthcare in Nigeria, stressing the need to recognise lived experiences and address the psychological challenges often hidden behind outward success. They made the call...

Quality ​‌‌Medical Education Key To Universal Health Coverage – CMUL

The College of Medicine, University of Lagos (CMUL), has emphasised the importance of quality medical education and a...

Orodata Urges CSOs To Shape Frontier AI Governance

Orodata Science, a Nigerian data science and research organisation, has urged civil society organisations (CSOs) to participate actively...

Law Centre Challenges Nigeria’s Maternity Laws Before ECOWAS Court

The Centre for Community Law has filed a human rights action before the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice challenging Nigeria’s...

Gift Health-Plus provides free medical care to 130 female inmates

No fewer than 130 female inmates of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Female Custodial Facility, Kirikiri, Lagos, have benefited...
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Why Kaduna state reviews nutrition action plan

The Kaduna State Committee on Food and Nutrition (SCFN), supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reviewed the state’s Multi-Sectoral Strategic Plan of Action on Nutrition (KDMSPAN), 2020-2024.

Why Anambra targets over 1.1million children for measles vaccination

Over 1.1 million children are being targeted in the forthcoming Anambra State 2024 integrated Measles Campaign to protect children and reduce the burden of...

NCS worry over increasing cancer cases in Nigeria

President, Nigerian Cancer Society (NCS), Dr Adamu Umar, says  by the end of 2023, about 102,000 Nigerians will have been diagnosed with cancer, hinting that the disease is hitting closer to more Nigerian homes and families than ever.

Anambra: Foundation to distribute free artificial limbs to amputees

Agocares Foundation for Persons with Disabilities says plans are underway to commence distribution of free artificial limbs to 300 amputees in Anambra State to...

SRADeV decries absence of poison centres in Nigeria

Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADeV Nigeria) has decried Nigeria’s failure to establish functional poison centres despite rising cases of chemical poisoning...

UN: Protect human rights in action on antisemitism

Sixty human rights and civil rights organisations, including Human Rights Watch have advised the United Nations to respect human rights in its efforts to combat antisemitism.
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