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Bauchi Health Chief Debunks Breastfeeding Myths, Says Breast Milk Is Baby’s First Immunity Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed

Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed

Bauchi Health Chief Debunks Breastfeeding Myths, Says Breast Milk Is Baby’s First Immunity

Hope Ajayi August 4, 2026

Hope Ajayi BAUCHI, Nigeria – The Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Board, Dr....

Gombe, UNICEF Deploy N1bn Therapeutic Food Against Malnutrition Health officials receiving therapeutic food supplies for malnourished children in Gombe State.

Health officials receiving therapeutic food supplies for malnourished children in Gombe State.

Gombe, UNICEF Deploy N1bn Therapeutic Food Against Malnutrition

Oluwafunbi Bello June 11, 2026

GOMBE, Nigeria – The Gombe State Government and UNICEF have intensified efforts to combat child malnutrition with...

Experts Warn Poor Hygiene Driving Deadly Diarrhoea Among Children diarrhoea-child-deaths-hygiene-nigeria

Experts Warn Poor Hygiene Driving Deadly Diarrhoea Among Children

Mirian Gom May 4, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Public health experts raise alarm over rising diarrhoea cases, urging improved hygiene, nutrition and...

UNICEF, Korea Launch Drive to Reach Nigeria’s Zero-dose Children Nationwide Healthcare workers vaccinating children during immunisation campaign in Lagos

Healthcare workers vaccinating children during immunisation campaign in Lagos

UNICEF, Korea Launch Drive to Reach Nigeria’s Zero-dose Children Nationwide

Korede Abdullah April 18, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria -The United Nations Children’s Fund, in partnership with the Republic of Korea, launches a major...

Bauchi Launches Malaria Vaccine Programme for 250,000 Children Health worker administering malaria vaccine to a child in Bauchi State Nigeria

Health worker administering malaria vaccine to a child in Bauchi State Nigeria

Bauchi Launches Malaria Vaccine Programme for 250,000 Children

Hussaini Ibrahim March 5, 2026

BAUCHI, Nigeria – Bauchi State begins the rollout of a malaria vaccine targeting 250,000 children, marking a...

Paediatricians Slam Nigeria’s Health Budget, Demand Child Protection Action Paediatricians conference discussing Nigeria’s child health crisis

Paediatricians conference discussing Nigeria’s child health crisis

Paediatricians Slam Nigeria’s Health Budget, Demand Child Protection Action

Mirian Gom January 23, 2026

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria – The Paediatricians Association of Nigeria (PAN) criticises the 4.3 per cent health allocation in...

Bauchi Vaccinates 3.7m Children in Measles, Rubella Drive Healthcare workers administering measles and rubella vaccines to children in Ondo State

Healthcare workers administering measles and rubella vaccines to children in Ondo State

Bauchi Vaccinates 3.7m Children in Measles, Rubella Drive

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius December 29, 2025

BAUCHI, Nigeria – The Bauchi State Government vaccinates about 3.7 million children during its 2025 measles and...

Delta to Sanction Health Workers Charging Pregnant Women, Children Delta State trains health workers on free maternal care

Delta to Sanction Health Workers Charging Pregnant Women, Children

Chukwu Obinna December 24, 2025

DELTA, Nigeria – The Delta State Government announces that it will begin enforcing sanctions from January 2026...

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Bauchi Health Chief Debunks Breastfeeding Myths, Says Breast Milk Is Baby’s First Immunity

Gombe, UNICEF Deploy N1bn Therapeutic Food Against Malnutrition

Experts Warn Poor Hygiene Driving Deadly Diarrhoea Among Children

UNICEF, Korea Launch Drive to Reach Nigeria’s Zero-dose Children Nationwide

Bauchi Launches Malaria Vaccine Programme for 250,000 Children

Paediatricians Slam Nigeria’s Health Budget, Demand Child Protection Action

Bauchi Vaccinates 3.7m Children in Measles, Rubella Drive

Delta to Sanction Health Workers Charging Pregnant Women, Children

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