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Kwara Distributes Free Delivery Kits To 193 PHCs

The Kwara Government has distributed free delivery kits to the 193 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state for pregnant women. Speaking during the distribution in Ilorin, the Executive Secretary, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Prof. Nusirat Elelu, explained that the aim was to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality. According to…

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UNFPA Warns Of Global Midwife Shortage

The Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Natalia Kanem, has raised alarm over a global shortage of nearly one million midwives. Kanem made this known in a statement on Monday to mark the International Day of the Midwife, celebrated globally on May 5. The 2025 theme, “Midwives: Critical in Every Crisis,”…

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NCDC says antimicrobial resistance deadlier than HIV, TB, malaria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has raised alarm over the growing threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The NCDC described AMR as a ‘silent killer’ deadlier than malaria, Tuberculosis (TB), and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) combined. Director General, NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, said this in an interview with the News Agency of…

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Laboratory Guild Tasks Health Practitioners On Digitalisation, Collaboration

The Guild of Medical Laboratory Directors (GMLD), Lagos State Branch, has called on health practitioners to embrace digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for improved healthcare delivery. The GMLD Chairman, Mr Adekoya Julius, made the call at the 2025 Annual Scientific Conference of the Association on Wednesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…

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