Health
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Third Nigeria Family Planning Conference: Youths Demand For Inclusion In Policy Making
Nov 28, 2014Youth advocates at the 3rd Nigeria Family Planning Conference have demanded that they should be included in policy making and be allowed to plan their future since they constitute larger percentage of the sexual reproductive age.... -
Experts Call For Alliances To Improve Family Planning In Nigeria
Nov 28, 2014Medical experts at the 3rd Nigerian Family Planning Conference which held at the Ladi Kwali Hall of Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, have advocated for alliances from different sectorial groups to improve family planning in Nigeria. Dr Farouk... -
National Health Bill Lapses As President Jonathan Fails To Give Accent
Nov 28, 2014Effort by experts in the Health Sector to mount pressure on President Jonathan to sign the National Health Bill into law met its deadlock today as the duration of the bill to be signed into law... -
UNFPA Launches No Hoodie, No Honey Campaign On Safer Sex
Nov 28, 2014The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Nigria, has launched a social media campaign, No Hoodie No Honey to target young people especially girls with information and skills on safer sex. Ms Adeola Olunloyo, BCC/Advocacy Program Analyst... -
Japan Equips 10 Primary Health Care Centres (PHC) in Lagos
Nov 26, 2014By David Lawal In support of the efforts of Lagos State Government to reduce the shocking rate of maternal and child mortality in the state, the government of Japan in partnership with Biire Child and Maternal... -
Realizing New Development Goals In Kenya Require Paradigm Shift
Nov 21, 2014As a young person living in Kenya today, I’m confident of the potential in me. While I’m aware of the current challenges facing the young people of my generation, I’m optimistic about the future. I’m excited because... -
Ebola Alert: Has Lagos State Government Abandoned Isolation Centre?
Nov 20, 2014The World Health Organization (WHO), on October 20, declared Nigeria free of the deadly Ebola virus after six weeks with no new cases. The announcement portrayed Nigeria and its officials as being proactive to the killer... -
Applying Lessons From Women’s Conference In Beijing To Post-2015 Agenda
Nov 12, 2014The year 1995 is always cited as the year women went to Beijing and came back to start “revolutions” in their countries. The “revolutions” as I have stated, involved action plans that covered the following; deliberate... -
Suspicion, anger and fear - the harsh reality of daily life in Ebola-hit Liberia
Nov 11, 2014• Award-winning series Africa Investigates back on Al Jazeera •Liberia: Living With Ebola starts on Wednesday, 12 November at 22:30 GMT The second season of Al Jazeera’s award-winning Africa Investigates kicks off on Wednesday, 12 November 2014, asking... -
Health Fact: How To Read A Stroke
Nov 11, 2014We are supporting RecallCenter to raise awareness about strokes, which is considered the 4th leading cause of death! If you live in a rural area or far away from medical center, here are quick things you must...