The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have hailed the funding agreements from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) worth 10 million dollars to bolster polio and measles programmes in eight countries. The…
U.S. awards $3m grant to 3 Nigerian private hospitals
The Director, USTDA, Enoh Ebong, signs agreement with the hospitals’ CEOs for the disbursement of the grants at the U.S Embassy, Abuja, on Monday. The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded three million dollars grant to…
Hypo toilet cleaner inaugurates another set of 36 toilet units across three schools
Barely three months after a set of twenty-four units of toilet facilities were commissioned across three schools by Hypo Toilet Cleaner in partnership with National Youth Service Corp, another fresh set of thirty-six rescued toilets have been newly inaugurated in…
FG seeks private sector involvement in handwashing practice
The Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, on Monday called on the private sector and other stakeholders to do more to encourage handwashing practice in all public places in the country. He made this call at an event to…
Restore Foundation donates 100 glasses to Albinos
Dr Halima Alimi, Executive Director of Restore Foundation for Child Sight, on Saturday donated 101 photochromic glasses to children with Albinism to help improve their vision and performance in education. Restore Foundation is an NGO that undertakes action and advocacy…
World Sight Day: Lagos Harps on Good Eye Care
Lagos State Government has once again lent its voice to the need for citizens to improve the health of their eyes by adopting good eye care practices and a healthy lifestyle as part of measures to prevent avoidable blindness and…
Polio eradication: delegates recommit to step up efforts at the 69th Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean
With several countries in the Region facing complex, multi-layered emergencies – natural disasters and conflict alongside health crises – for many children vaccines have moved further out of reach Members of the Regional Subcommittee for Polio Eradication and Outbreaks in…
LASG, NCF partner to host 2022 ‘Walk for Nature “
Lagos State Government in partnership with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) to host the 2022 “Walk for Nature” to promote environmental protection, conservation and sustainability.
Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) promotes locally led climate action in Mozambique
Annual LoCAL Board meeting brings together more than 100 public servants to discuss adaptation to climate change in Mozambique. More than 100 civil servants and administrators from Gaza and Inhambane Provinces gathered in Marracuene, Maputo, for the annual assessment…
Lagos State government investigates death of 3year old in Lagos Hospital; plead for calm as family demand justice
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has called for calm over the death of a three year old child at the Eti-Osa Maternal and Childcare Centre, Lekki-Ajah; while expressing his condolences to the family. This is following…
