Tag: WHO
Measles Outbreak: Scores of children feared dead in Rivers State
Scores of children have been reportedly feared dead following measles outbreak in Kugbo Clan of Abua-Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Levi Marcus, Chairman...
World Breastfeeding Week: Benefits to mothers and their babies
World Breastfeeding Week, with the theme, ‘Step up for Breastfeeding: Educate and Support’, is to further raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding the...
Menstrual Hygiene Day: ‘Period Poverty’ affects over 37 million girls
The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has said over 37 million Nigerian adolescent girls and women of reproductive age, suffer ‘period poverty’,...
50 years old man with HIV status confesses sleeping with minors
A 50-year old man, Nicodemus Akeh, has thrown his community into confusion after he confessed that he preferred sleeping with minors not minding his...
President Trump signs a bill banning Female Genital Mutilation
President Donald Trump of the United States of America has signed a ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by imposing tougher penalties and making...
World AIDS Day: WHO laments as young girls responsible for 37...
The World Health Organization, WHO, has raised an alarm that young girls consist of 37 per cent of all new HIV infections.
With 1 million...
WHO celebrates International Day of the Girl Child
World Health Organisation, WHO, celebrates 2020 International Day of the Girl Child with the theme, “My voice, our equal future.”
To commemorate the day, WHO...
Cerebral Palsy Day 2020: CP is health condition, not a...
Cerebral Palsy is a health condition that is not caused by the child. It is not a curse nor a taboo unlike believed in...
Nigeria @60: Why leaders need to do more for children, youths
As we celebrate our great nation, Nigeria, at 60 today, there is no doubt that our leaders need to do more for children and...
What to know about Covid-19
Peace Itong
You need to know that it is unclear where the virus Covid-19 originated from. Originally, the virus was understood to have originated in...
