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$32.1 billion to help women, newborns, young children and adolescents

By Ele Ifah Sunday 131 0
…massive global effort to restore 40 percent loss of health services due to COVID-19   A massive $32.1 billion of funding to help women, newborns, children, and adolescents has been pledged to restore essential health, nutrition, and social services for women, newborns, children, and adolescents lost because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pledges are highlighted […]Continue Reading
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Africa’s women, children and adolescents are being completely left behind And the pandemic is making this even worse

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We must do so much more to support Africa’s most vulnerable women, children and adolescents, write Helen Clark, Board Chair of PMNCH and former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO of Amref Health Africa and Co-Chair of PMNCH Strategic Advocacy Continue Reading
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As UN General Debate Ends, Dangote Volunteers Commence Sustainability Week Initiatives

By Ele Ifah Sunday 153 0
As the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly winds up in New York, USA today (September 27), Dangote employees across the Group’s operations in Africa are implementing various initiatives aimed at empowering their host communities and ensuring a sustainable present and future for the conglomerate. The initiatives form part of the activities to […]Continue Reading
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Zulum approves more doctors’ quarters, 20 additional nurses, midwives

By Ele Ifah Sunday 147 0
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday visited two hospitals in Maiduguri to monitor the implementation of the ongoing health sector reforms he ordered, to address challenges across the State. The Governor was at Maryam Abacha Maternal Hospital where he ordered the construction of permanent quarters for doctors and other health workers. Zulum also […]Continue Reading
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Global leaders must fulfil health commitments to African women, children and adolescents, as COVID-19 threatens service provision

By Ele Ifah Sunday 150 0
Delegates at this week’s 10th Annual PMNCH Accountability Breakfast: Improving health equity in Africa will call for greater accountability from governments and leaders in delivering on their commitments to improve women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health (WCAH) during the COVID-19 response and recovery, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Without renewed Continue Reading
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Women, adolescents face loss of health services, jobs, information and technology during COVID-19

By Ele Ifah Sunday 187 0
The experiences of over 30,000 people, mainly women, and young people were solicited in 43 Asian, African, Latin American, and Caribbean countries through surveys, interviews, webinars, and social media: Half of the young people (544/1,088) surveyed in Latin America and the Caribbean feared technology problems during homeschooling would affect prospects A phone-based Continue Reading
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Governors snub Routine Immunization and endanger children – Report

By Ele Ifah Sunday 178 0
The World Immunization Week 2021, meant to emphasize the value of vaccines in preventing diseases that were previously life-threatening, was commemorated last week. However, a report by the Partnership for Advocacy in Child & Family Health at Scale (PACFaH@Scale) shows that state governments are not committed to Routine Immunization, as seen in sloppy budgetary Continue Reading
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Nigerian Youth Call for Action to Improve Adolescent Health

By Ele Ifah Sunday 187 0
Deliberations center on revitalizing healthcare services threatened by COVID-19 (Abuja, Nigeria, APRIL 7, 2021) Marking World Health Day, youth leaders and civil society groups from across Nigeria are urging the government to invest in equity enhancing strategies to restore crumbling services for women, newborns, children, and adolescents. This year’s annual celebration is Continue Reading
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How Do I Write A Tribute For Sam Nda-Isaiah?

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It was a short post from Isiaq Ajibola, former COO of Media Trust, on the WhatsApp platform of the Northern Media Forum, that drew attention to the passing of Sam Nda-Isaiah, just a few minutes past midnight, today, Saturday, 12th December 2020. To say that I was stunned, was to understate my emotions! I placed […]Continue Reading
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Chibok: Zulum orders rehabilitation of school where girls where abducted

By Ele Ifah Sunday 152 0
… Gov. shares N11m to 83 attacked families, inspects projects Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was in Chibok on Monday, during which he assessed and ordered the immediate rehabilitation of Government Secondary School, Chibok where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014. Although the defunct presidential committee on […]Continue Reading
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‘Humanity First’ clocks 25 Years

By Ele Ifah Sunday 158 0
As an international humanitarian organization, Humanity First, clocks 25 years in service to mankind, Nigerians who have benefitted from its popular programme tagged the ‘Gift of Sight’, will have cause to commend its good works inclusive of community services for the good of society. Regarding the stated ’Gift’, it concerns the eyes. Your eyes are […]Continue Reading
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Who shall save us from killer-doctors?

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By Theophilus Abbah They don’t belong to the bracket of quack doctors, who dispense drugs and inject victims with satanic and murderous dosage of chemicals. They are not medical college dropouts, who hypnotize unsuspecting public with precise medical language and overstretch their incomplete knowledge to administer pharmaceutical drugs and perform surgeries that maim and Continue Reading
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