05/08/25 PRESS RELEASE SHINA J.O Lagos State Govt State seeks stronger support systems for mothers …Advocates Early Initiation As Lagos joins the rest of the world to commemorate Y2025 World Breastfeeding Week, the State said it has recorded a significant milestone in child nutrition with its exclusive breastfeeding rate rising to 57.4%, surpassing the globalContinue reading “WORLD BREASTFEEDING WEEK : EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING RATE HITS 57.4% IN LAGOS – GOVT”
Category Archives: Health
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH: GATES FOUNDATION COMMITS 2.5 BILLION US DOLLARS
Press Release DICTA DD 05/08/25 Gates Foundation has aannounced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development focused exclusively on women’s health. The money will support the advancement of more than 40 innovations in five critical, chronically underfunded areas—particularly those affecting women in low- and middle-income countries. In a media release onContinue reading “RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH: GATES FOUNDATION COMMITS 2.5 BILLION US DOLLARS”
COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH PROFESSOR AKIN ABAYOMI URGES MEDICAL GUILD TO SUSPEND WARNING STRIKE
PRESS RELEASE 28/ 07/25 Lagos State Commissioner For Health Professor Akin Abayomi has urged the Medical Guild to continue on the path of dialogue while they work to reach a peaceful and just resolution in the interest of all parties, especially the residents who may bear the brunt of any service disruption. This is followingContinue reading “COMMISSIONER FOR HEALTH PROFESSOR AKIN ABAYOMI URGES MEDICAL GUILD TO SUSPEND WARNING STRIKE”
NMA LAGOS MEMBERS JOIN COUNTERPARTS AT NATIONAL LEVEL TO REJECT PROPOSED MEDICAL SALARY STRUCTURE
04/07/25 SHINA J.O Members Of The Lagos State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) have Aligned with their Counterparts at the National Level to reject Federal Government’s proposed salary structure for medical doctors, describing it as unjust, unprofessional, and capable of further destabilising Nigeria’s healthcare system. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, theContinue reading “NMA LAGOS MEMBERS JOIN COUNTERPARTS AT NATIONAL LEVEL TO REJECT PROPOSED MEDICAL SALARY STRUCTURE”
LAGOS: Mandatory Health Insurance Enforcement to Commence Early 2026 — Dr. Zamba
Eliza DD PRESS RELEASE 04/07/25 LAGOS CHARTS BOLD PATH TO UNIVERSAL HEALTH ACCESS, ENGAGES OVER 800 PROVIDERS AT ANNUAL FORUM Mandatory Health Insurance Enforcement to Commence Early 2026 — Dr. Zamba …Providers Urged to Deepen Quality, Professionalism as LASHMA Unveils Strategic Reforms The Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA), on Wednesday, 2ndContinue reading “LAGOS: Mandatory Health Insurance Enforcement to Commence Early 2026 — Dr. Zamba”
WHO launches 3 By 35 Initiative Pushing To Raise Health Taxes For Saving Millions Of Lives
02/07/25 ELIZA DD The “3 by 35” Initiative targets tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks to cut deaths and boost health and development funding The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a major new initiative urging countries to raise real prices on tobacco, alcohol, and sugary drinks by at least 50% by 2035 through health taxesContinue reading “WHO launches 3 By 35 Initiative Pushing To Raise Health Taxes For Saving Millions Of Lives”
GAPS IN GLOBAL FUNDING: STAKEHOLDERS ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED DOMESTIC SUPPORT
02/07/25 Writer : SHINA DANIEL Major Stakeholders in Nigeria’s health sector have called for More collaboration through increased local funding to close the gap In Malaria, HIV And Tuberculosis Intervention with the dwindling foreign donations in recent times They made this call On Tuesday first of July during the Opening of the 2025 retreat ofContinue reading “GAPS IN GLOBAL FUNDING: STAKEHOLDERS ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED DOMESTIC SUPPORT”
TAKING EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
26/06/25 In 2024, I watched Health Emergency Initiative (HEI), with the support of ACT Foundation (@actfoundation_), carry out a truly impactful project in Lagos and Imo States raising awareness about non-communicable diseases and promoting preventive health practices within underserved communities. I’m so pleased to share that ACT Foundation has once again awarded HEI a grantContinue reading “TAKING EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE NEXT LEVEL”
This Fibroid – why me?
An estimated 20% to 50% of women of reproductive age currently have fibroids, and up to 77% of women will develop fibroids sometime during their childbearing years. 05/06/25 This Fibroid – why me?By Livy-Elcon Emereonye Everything exists in polarity: up and down, light and darkness, short and tall, male and female… Human beings exist asContinue reading “This Fibroid – why me?”
Bill Gates Vows To Give Away ‘Virtually All’ His Wealth, Winds Down Gates Foundation Within 20 Years
Press Release G.O DANIELS 08/05/25 Gates Foundation has promised to spend $200 Billion over the next 20 years to Accelerate Progress on Saving and Improving Lives On foundation’s 25th anniversary, Bill Gates has outlined ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045. The decision marks a major accelerationContinue reading “Bill Gates Vows To Give Away ‘Virtually All’ His Wealth, Winds Down Gates Foundation Within 20 Years”
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