The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) handed over newly constructed clinic for children and families affected by armed conflict. Handing over the facility in Maiduguri, Phuong Nguyen, the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) Chief of Borno Field Office, said the newly-constructed clinic at the transit camp will improve access to quality health care delivery for children and families affected by armed conflict. “UNICEF is supplementing the efforts of the Borno State Government in...

Professor Marietu Ohunene Tenuche, the Vice-Chancellor of Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba (PAAU) has called on government at all levels to establish mechanism whereby patients suffering from cancer would receive treatment at subsidized rate as a result of huge capital involvement in handling the ailment. Marietu made the call during a memorial lecture held in honour of former Provost of the College of Health Sciences, Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba, Dr Emmanuel Busayo Agbana who...

Human Papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines have been administered to 484,761 girls from October to December 2023 by the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (LSPHCB). HPV is a viral infection commonly causes skin or mucous membrane growths (warts). It is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, Permanent Secretary of the board who disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday in Lagos, explained that the girls were inoculated during the Phase 1...