2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (425+ words) Cross River has launched a weeklong awareness campaign aimed at combating preeclampsia and reducing maternal and neonatal deaths across communities in the state. The campaign, organised by the Cross River State chapter of the Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of…...

22+ hour, 4+ min ago  (222+ words) File: Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Bureau of the Public Defender has extended its advocacy campaign for the establishment of diversion programme centres for children in conflict with the law to Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Council Development Area as…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (433+ words) File: Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commiserated with the African Democratic Congress governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, over the death of his mother, Nkechi Rhodes-Vivour. The governor’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (879+ words) Nigeria requires an additional N720bn to adequately fund interventions aimed at reducing maternal and newborn deaths, the National Lead of the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative, Dr Dayo Adeyanju, has said. He stated this during a maternal health roundtable…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (570+ words) A 50-year-old woman, Olushola Olonode, has narrated how she gave birth to two boys and two girls after doctors gave her conflicting reports about the number of babies she was carrying. She shared her testimony during a thanksgiving service at…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (236+ words) Residents of Omupo in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State have rescued a baby boy abandoned along a farm road shortly after birth. PUNCH Online gathered that the newborn, who still had his placenta attached, was found by passersby,…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (432+ words) Turkey’s Ministry of Health has fined more than 100 obstetricians and gynaecologists for performing Caesarean section deliveries, with some suspended from practice and ordered to undergo compulsory training, according to a report by Turkish newspaper BirGun. The sanctions come as the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1662+ words) Roof and ceiling of the school building Once a symbol of hope for children with hearing impairments, the Imo State Secondary School for the Deaf has fallen into ruin, becoming a monument to years of neglect. In this report, UCHE…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (582+ words) Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Oshiomhole Edo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Cyril Oshiomhole, has called for stronger collaboration between government, development partners and private healthcare providers to reduce maternal and newborn deaths, stressing that no woman should…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (380+ words) The Zamfara State Government has approved six months of maternity leave for female civil servants as part of efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding and improve maternal and child health. The announcement was made on Thursday in Gusau by the State…...