By Our Correspondent Lagos, March 8, ’25 (TNZ) WaterAid Nigeria, in collaboration with Ojodu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), has unveiled the newly rehabilitated Water and Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities. TheNewsZenith reports that the facilities are located at Ogba Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), in the LCDA. The Kimberly-Clark funded integrated Hygiene and Health Project […]
From Our Correspondent Onitsha (Anambra), March 5, ’25 (TNZ) Medical experts and three specialist hospitals have teamed up to tackle rising stroke cases in Nigeria through specialised training. TheNewsZenith reports that the hospitals involved are the Federal Medical Centres (FMC) in Onitsha and the Asaba Specialist Hospital. The World Stroke Organisation is collaborating with the […]
From Our Correspondent, Awka Awka, Feb. 21,’25 (TNZ) The Media Development Foundation (MDF), an NGO, has advocated a strong measure to curtail incidences of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), saying ‘everyone is a suspect’. TheNewsZenith reports that Mrs Nnenna Anozie, Community Mobilisation Officer of the foundation, made the advocacy at a training and community engagement, […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Feb. 5, ’25 (TNZ) WaterAid Nigeria says it trained 40 community leaders in Ikorodu North LCDA as community Safeguarding Champions to protect children’s rights at the grassroots. TheNewsZenith reports that Kimberly Clark, Microsoft, PepsiCo Foundation and Cummins, supported the training. The training aimed to educate participants on WaterAid’s safeguarding guidelines, their […]
Cairo, Feb. 1, ’25 (Xinhua/TNZ) Fifty patients from the Gaza Strip entered Egypt on Saturday through the Rafah crossing, the only link between the Palestinian enclave and Egypt, Egypt’s state-run Nile TV reported. They are the first group of Gazan patients entering Egypt via the crossing for medical treatment since last May. Television footage showed […]
By Opeyemi Muhammad Lagos, Jan. 28, ’25 (TNZ) Two health regulatory agencies in Lagos State have trained 48 healthcare officers from the six health districts in Lagos State on the use of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Facility Improvement Tools (WASHFITs). TheNewszenith reports that the agencies are the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (LSPHCB) and […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Kano Kano, Jan. 22, ’25 (TNZ) The management of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has reacted to recent media reports alleging improprieties and denied any wrongdoing in the conduct of surgery on a female patient. TheNewsZenith reports that social media was recently awash with claims that the woman suffered issues during a […]
KAMPALA, Jan. 17 ’25 (Xinhua/TNZ): Following a suspected Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak that killed eight people, Uganda has intensified border surveillance with neighbouring Tanzania, a senior government official said on Friday. Ugandan Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng, told reporters that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had alerted Uganda about the suspected outbreak in […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos, Jan. 14, ’25 (TNZ) NNPC Foundation recently organised a free cataract extraction surgery exercise for Itire-Ikate LCDA and Ikeja LGA residents in Lagos State. TheNewsZenith reports that no fewer than 1000 patients benefited from the health outreach programme. The exercise took place at three centres simultaneously; Itire-Ikate LCDA secretariat, Ikeja Local […]
Ethiopia has reported 8.4 million malaria cases since the beginning of this year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Malaria continues to pose a public health risk in Ethiopia, reaching an epidemic proportion with an average of more than 300,000 malaria cases reported weekly across the country. WHO gave the figure in an Ethiopia […]