Stakeholders in mental healthcare in Nigeria, have called for an end to stimatisation of people with mental health challenges.The stakeholders said this at the second annual mental symposium organised by the Sunshine Series in collaboration with Friedr…
The Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency says it will partner Health Policy Research Group (HPRG), University of Nigeria (UN) to deliver quality healthcare in the state.The Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, said t…
WHO Representative to Nigeria, Walter Kazadi, has stressed the importance of the media in advancing understanding of mental health and substance disorders.He said this during a two-day training for journalists on mental health in Abuja on Monday.The N…
from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, Sudan Sudan Bureau KHARTOUM, (CAJ News) THE outbreak of a number of diseases nationwide in Sudan is putting to the test a health sector threatened with collapse by a nearly six-month old conflict.Authorities have confirme…
A biopharmaceutical company, Pfizer, has partnered the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan to enhance the quality of care provided to patients and ensure global best practices.Mr Olayinka Subair, Cluster Lead for West Africa/Country Manager Niger…
Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, will on Tuesday lead the World Mental Health Day commemorative event in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal.The day will help improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect everyone’s mental health a…
The Environmental Health Council of Nigeria (EHCON), says it is partnering with 3DATX Africa, a US based organisation on vehicular emission testing.Dr Yakubu Baba, Registrar of EHCON stated this at a media dialogue on de-carbonisation control measure o…
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health has instituted an urgent investigation after a 13-year-old boy was filmed while being assaulted by two security guards at Ladysmith Hospital.According to the department, the incident took place last week Thursday, and…
To provide specialised radiation therapy for children with cancer, the NSIA-LUTH Cancer Centre (NLCC) has introduced a Paediatric Radiation Oncology Programme in Lagos.The Centre Director of NLCC, Dr Lilian Ekpo, said during a media tour on Thursday t…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria, says it has deployed 9.3 million doses of diphtheria vaccines to affected states as support to the Federal Government to help combat the outbreak.A statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, by UNICEF’…
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday sensitised groups of Persons With Disability in Borno on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH)Addressing the groups, Dr Kyaw Wai Aung, a Sexual Reproductive Health Specialist with U…
The Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS), a non-governmental organisation, has inaugurated a digital Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) situation room in Ebonyi as part of its support toward curbing the disease in the state.The News …
