The global community is marking the year 2020 as an important milestone in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by world leaders in September 2015 as a successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals. Click here to view this newsletter
Nov
12
Nov
12
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope- Adefulire has solicited the support of the media for the success of the 2030 Agenda in Nigeria, especially with the onset of the Decade of Global Goals. Click here to view this newsletter
Oct
26
While combating multiple public health challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Nigeria, with support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will safely relaunch an accelerated series of mass preventive vaccination campaigns to protect Nigerians against yellow fever (YF). Click here to view this newsletter
Oct
22
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has launched the Nigeria Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent and Elderly Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAEH+N) multi-stakeholder partnership coordination platform to aid the attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Click here to view this newsletter
Oct
22
The Nigerian government is rolling out innovative strategies to optimize services at primary healthcare centers across the country as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic and possible situations of public emergency, an official has said. Click here to view this newsletter
Oct
22
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has identified hunger and malnutrition as the greatest challenges confronting the world today. Click here to view this newsletter
Oct
22
The cost of eradicating poverty globally is estimated at $66 billion yearly while investment required to improve infrastructure is put at $7trillion. Click here to view this newsletter
Oct
14
Introduction Monumental socio-economic devastation caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic brings to the fore the need to further engender and prioritize health security policy and funding globally and locally. The Nigeria Health Security landscape has witnessed considerable transformations in the last couple of years with significant investment in epidemic prevention,... read more →
Oct
14
Introduction The health security landscape in Nigeria has witnessed considerable transformations in the last couple of years with significant investment in epidemic prevention, detection and treatment by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). However, the public health infrastructure is still fraught with identifiable gaps, one of which is poor... read more →
Oct
08
As Nigeria celebrates 60 years of independence, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Plateau chapter, has decried the high rate of maternal and infant mortality in the country. Click here to view this newsletter