As Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis deepens, only a small group of states in the country are making meaningful financial commitments, while many others lag, worsening child deaths and treatment gaps nationwide, the Executive Secretary of Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria, CS-SUNN, Mr. Sunday Okoronkwo, has said.

By Chioma Obinna As the world marks World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has raised concern that millions of people battling these diseases are enduring not only physical pain but also deep psychological distress, social stigma and discrimination often in silence.Under the rallying theme: “Unite. Act. Eliminate,” WHO and its […]

Public health experts in Lagos have raised alarm over persistent gaps in Primary Healthcare Centres, PHCs), warning that millions of residents face preventable illness and financial hardship due to weak service delivery.

The University of Lagos, UNILAG, recently celebrated one of its most illustrious scholars, Professor Akinsoya Olaidi Osibogun, as he was conferred with the title of Distinguished Professor during the 53rd convocation ceremonies.

Nigeria’s high neonatal mortality rate is a crisis of coordination rather than a mere shortage of funds, a veteran Senior Paediatrician Dr. Efunbo Dosekun, has warned.