Health

VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Ndokwa East LGA

Many Nigerians continue to suffer from avoidable vision problems, with cataracts and other eye conditions being major causes of preventable blindness. In Delta State, an estimated 50,000 people are living...

How genotype awareness drive targets students at Trinity University

The Gail Sickle Initiative, in partnership with Trinity University, Sabo, hosted ‘Sickle Cell Alma Awareness Wednesday’ to...

AHF calls for responsible sexual behaviour and increased condom use

Condom Day: AHF promotes condom use as Anambra records 2.4% HIV prevalence The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has called...

Thai royal family honours Nigerian health Icon Amazigo, Global Laureates

By Paul Ejime Prof. Uche Veronica Amazigo, Nigeria’s renowned scientist and recipient of several international awards, is among honorees from across...

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...
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Why stigma, ignorance increase TB burden in Anambra

Mrs Stella Ekeh, Technical Trainer, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP), has identified stigmatisation, discrimination and lack of awareness as factors contributing to the high burden of Tuberculosis in Anambra.

NCF partners TotalEnergies to Clean-up, plant trees in Surulere

World Clean-up Day: How NCF partners TotalEnergies to Clean-up, Plant trees in Surulere Lagos State

NGO drums support for children with birth defects

Maternal Adolescent and Reproductive Child Healthcare (MARCH Initiative), an NGO, has called on the government to implement policies that support health and nutritional needs of children with anomalies in the country.

Anambra Govt. partners APWEN to enhance women engineers’ capacity

The Anambra State Material Testing Laboratory (ASMTL) Awka, says it is collaborating with the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) Awka chapter,...

Malnutrition persists as winter sets in, threatening children’s lives in Gaza

High levels of malnutrition continue to endanger the lives and wellbeing of children in the Gaza Strip, compounded by the onset of winter weather...
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