The National coordinator of Association of People Living with Sickle Cell Disease, Mrs Aisha Edward has given a chilling account of how a member of the association was abandoned in the hospital by his relatives, after his death. Below is the account… Sickle Cell persons often face the worst forms of discrimination and stigmatization from their family members and relatives. Even at death, their troubles never end, as their corpse are subjected to horrific treatments...

In a bid to improve the medical condition of members of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Mind Management Foundation has urged the Federal Government to set up a mental health desk in police stations across the country. Foundation’s Country Director, Barr. Arinze Emmanuel made the plea during a mental health awareness training organized for selected members of the police force in Lagos as part of activities marking World Mental Health Day. It was observed...

The Society for Family Health (SFH) says no fewer than 4,213 unsafe abortions were averted between 2021 and 2023 through the use of modern contraceptives across the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State. Dr Ibitoye Segun, the Senior Learning Advisor of the Society for Family Health (SFH), disclosed this at a one-day Adolescents 360 mid-project dissemination training in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. Segun explained that 54 maternal deaths and 228 child deaths were...