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Vanguard summit: Mental health neglect threatens Nigeria’s stability – Sheikh

Vanguard summit: Mental health neglect threatens Nigeria’s stability – Sheikh

…Charges FG to enforce 2021 Act, expand services By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s neglect of mental health is threatening social stability, weakening public trust and deepening despair among young people struggling with insecurity, and diminishing their confidence in the future, Professor Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, a leading psychiatrist, has warned. Sheikh, a professor of psychiatry and psychopharmacology, […]
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Set standard for drug distribution, community pharmacists tell NAFDAC

Set standard for drug distribution, community pharmacists tell NAFDAC

Worried about the chaotic system of drug distribution in the country, Pharmacists under the auspices of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, have urged the newly appointed Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, as matter of urgency holistically put in place standard distribution chain to address the uncoordinated drug distribution system in the country.

RB, Save the Children begin rotavirus vaccination in Lagos

RB, Save the Children begin rotavirus vaccination in Lagos

In its bid to reduce the prevalence of diarrhea disease by 50 percent in Lagos State, Save the Children in collaboration with the Lagos State Government and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), with support from Reckitt Benckiser has flagged off the administration of rotavirus vaccine to children under five years of age in Shomolu area of Lagos.

Boko Haram: UN supports 950,000 displaced persons with $13.4m

Boko Haram: UN supports 950,000 displaced persons with $13.4m

THOUSANDS  of children, women and men in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in crisis-hit northeast Nigeria are to benefit from a $13.4 million allocation released by the  United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund.

Testimonies as Foundation revives leprosarium, clinic at 10

Testimonies as Foundation revives leprosarium, clinic at 10

The mood at the hall of Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos was one of festive filled with fun during the 10th Anniversary of PZ Cussons Foundation as handful of selected guests gathered for to celebrate a decade of impactful cooperate social responsibility activities in touching lives of community people.