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NDDC frowns as 40 Nigerian women die daily of breast cancer
Breast cancer is increasingly becoming a threat to women especially in Nigeria. Now, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) which just got a new chief executive resolved to give the…
Tinubu’s action plan targets mandatory health insurance
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, has set a target to cover a minimum of 87 million or 40 percent of Nigerians within two years deploying the…
Healthcare practitioners want increased awareness about breast cancer
In 2020 the World Health organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBACAN) reported 28,380 and 4,482 new breast cancer cases in Nigeria and…
Social wellness is vital
Stella’s needs were ignored by her parents from a young age, so she learnt to rely solely on herself and asked no one for help or support. These patterns became so entrenched in her that she…
Child mortality cases significantly high in Etiki, Ogun, Oyo – MICS
A recent assessment of the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS-6) which was conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics supported by United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF under…