The Adamawa DNA Forensic Laboratory, dedicated to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases, recorded 16 samples for analysis between January and July 2023.
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Survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Adamawa have lauded the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative project for saving their lives and for empowering them.
The Kaduna state government says it is working to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure on health services by 50 per cent, with a view to achieving the Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
The Programme Coordinator, Women Friendly Initiative (WFI), Mrs. Rosemary Adaji, has advised nursing mothers to practice exclusive breastfeeding in order to safeguard their babies’ health.
The Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance and President of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, presented the African Union Malaria Progress Report 2022 at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. The report highlights the ongoing challenges in the fight against malaria in Africa and the urgent need for strong political commitment and leadership, robust partnership, and increased investments from Member States to reach the goal of eliminating malaria in Africa by 2030.
The African Development Bank Group and the Islamic Development Bank have signed a joint partnership action plan for the development of the pharmaceutical industry sector within their African member countries. The plan offers a new framework for strengthened cooperation and mutual development priorities, with a strong emphasis on boosting the continent’s health defense systems.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, disclosed this while meeting with the sweepers on Wednesday in Lagos.
The University of Ilorin says it is soliciting the support of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to upgrade the university’s Molecular Laboratory to a Public Health Laboratory.
If you know one thing about obesity, you probably know that people have been gradually getting heavier for the past few decades in nearly every part of the world. This is widely agreed to be a major public health problem, but there is less agreement on what we should do about it.
People across China crowded into trains and buses for one of the busiest days of travel in years on Friday,…