Nearly 150m Africans live with mental health conditions — WHO
Agency urges greater funding, community-based care By Chidinma Chukwu, Abuja Nearly 150 million people across Africa are living with mental health, neurological or substance use conditions, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, calling for greater investment in mental healthcare across the continent. The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi, disclosed this in […]
Maternal health: Task before Lagos govt
By Chioma Obinna Ahead of the Gubernatorial polls next weekend, Civil Society Partnership and its technical partners, Innovation Matters, have tasked the incoming government in Lagos to eliminate barriers to family planning, use and increase contraceptive prevalence from the current 48 percent to at least 74 percent with a view to attaining the National Blueprint […]
Arik Air passengers raise N5m for Sickle Cell Disease patients
As part of commitment to ease the pain of sickle cell anaemia patients, domestic passengers on Arik Air, Nigeria recently raised N5 million towards the cause of the patients.
FG, others champion Pepsodent’s Brush Day and Night campaign
Medical experts have decried the 90 percent reported cases of untreated dental carries (tooth decays) among Nigerian children, saying the only panacea is to introduce good oral health to children at early stage of their lives.
How Nigeria plans to eliminate malaria through net substitution
IN what has been largely described as an ambitious initiative, Nigeria is embarking on a malaria elimination drive through a comprehensive Long Lasting Insecticide Nets, LLINs, replacement programme.
Nigeria launches Ebola, maternal, child health dialogue platform
In an attempt to check the menace of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, and its potential effects on maternal and child health issues in Nigeria and environs, Ebola Alert, an organization that uses social media and digital technology to combat Ebola is partnering the Wellbeing Foundation, an organization focused on improving Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, MNCH, issues have implemented a web-based Ebola and Maternal & Child Health initiative conversation known as #EbolaMNCHat.
