Health

UNICEF donates menstrual hygiene kits to support girls’ education in Sokoto

In a bid to promote menstrual hygiene and empower young girls to stay in school, the United Nations International Children’s…

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UNICEF urges improved access to menstrual hygiene for girls

To mark the 2025 Menstrual Hygiene Day, UNICEF has urged increased efforts to ensure adolescent girls have access to menstrual…

1 year ago

Trump terminates $590m U.S. contract with Moderna for bird flu vaccine

United States President Donald Trump has cancelled a $590 million contract with American biotech company Moderna to develop a bird…

1 year ago

Evacuated Nigerian medical students from Sudan face MDCN exam hurdle

47 Nigerian medical students evacuated from war-torn Sudan in 2023 are in limbo as they struggle to meet a critical…

1 year ago

Doctors Without Borders treats 5,076 malnourished children free in Kano

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is currently treating 5,076 children aged six to 59 months…

1 year ago

Court orders Kano govt to pay N2.6bn over hospital demolition

A Kano State High Court has declared the revocation and demolition of a property belonging to Tiamin Multi Services Global…

1 year ago

27% of Kano residents living with hypertension — Commissioner

Kano State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, has disclosed that 27% of the population in the state is…

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UNICEF trains Kaduna health officials on gender-responsive care

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has concluded a week-long training workshop for officers-in-charge (OICs) of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs)…

1 year ago

Dala hospital offers free emergency care for accident victims, others

Dala Orthopaedic Hospital in Kano State has become the first healthcare facility in the state to implement the Federal Government’s…

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Panic as fire guts Lagos hospital

Fire has gutted the Ifako Ijaiye General Hospital in Lagos State. The fire outbreak which occurred on Thursday, May 15,…

1 year ago

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