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To increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Lagos, private sectors as well as traditional birth attendants, (TBAs) have been charge to encourage pregnant and lactating mothers seeking health care in their facilities to embrace…

Cautions against prolonged labour at home SHONGA, KWARA STATE -  In a bid to prevent child birth complications and deaths, the Emir of Shonga in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara, Dr Yahaya Haliru, has instructed his chiefs and…

FG not serious with Lassa Fever epidemic,  Prof. Dennis Agbonlahor, ex-AMLSN President says ABUJA - The future of medical diagnosis in Nigeria lies in the hands of upcoming medical laboratory scientists in the country, experts in the…

As part of its activities to commemorate the 2017 World breastfeeding week, members of Save the Children, Stop Diarrhoea Initiative (STI), in partnership with Lagos State government with support from Reckitt Benkiser, took to the streets…

Immediate past president, Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, Dr. Godswill Okara, on Friday decried ‘increasing’ neglect of primary health centres, PHCs, by Nigerians for secondary and tertiary levels of care.…

Commemorates the 2017 World Breastfeeding Week The Lagos State government today appealed to residents including nursing mothers and care givers to embrace the practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding and visit any of the public health…

Says monthly N500 donation will save a soul Launches ‘NONE SHOULD DIE’ project for accident victims Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) a nongovernmental organization that stands in the gap for the poorest segment of Nigerian society…

As FG launches fresh campaigns to rev practice ABUJA -  For the first time ever, exclusive breastfeeding of new-borns in Nigeria is 25 percent. The rate jumped from 17 percent where it has stagnated for nearly a decade to 25, the…

Targets increased funding, accountability on maternal, child health ABUJA - Pursuant to recent approval of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Every Woman Every Child Investors Group which unanimously approved the Civil Societies’…

ABUJA - As part of strategies to provide adequate information that would help improve nutrition in Nigeria, a non-governmental advocacy group, Media Centre Against child Malnutrition (MeCAM) in conjunction with Global Alliance for Improved…