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Enugu Moves to Sustain Family Planning Gains as IntegratE Project Ends Enugu, Health Partners Move to Sustain Family Planning Gains After IntegratE Project

Enugu, Health Partners Move to Sustain Family Planning Gains After IntegratE Project

Enugu Moves to Sustain Family Planning Gains as IntegratE Project Ends

Korede Abdullah August 5, 2026

ENUGU, Nigeria – The Enugu State Government and health sector partners have pledged to sustain the gains...

Why Nigerian Women Are Still Dying in Childbirth Despite Years of Investment – UNFPA UNFPA Nigeria Country Representative Muriel Mafico speaking during an exclusive interview with Africa Health Report on maternal mortality, health worker migration, and reproductive health in Nigeria.

UNFPA Nigeria Country Representative Muriel Mafico speaking during an exclusive interview with Africa Health Report on maternal mortality, health worker migration, and reproductive health in Nigeria.

Why Nigerian Women Are Still Dying in Childbirth Despite Years of Investment – UNFPA

Mirian Gom July 26, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birth,...

FG Targets Cervical Cancer Elimination by 2030 Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable, yet it kills thousands annually in Africa. An in-depth analysis on global progress, Nigeria’s burden, and the path to elimination.

Cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable, yet it kills thousands annually in Africa. An in-depth analysis on global progress, Nigeria’s burden, and the path to elimination.

FG Targets Cervical Cancer Elimination by 2030

Hussaini Ibrahim July 5, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating cervical cancer as a public...

Lagos Outreach Targets Maternal Death Crisis Women participating in a maternal health sensitisation programme in Lagos.

Lagos Outreach Targets Maternal Death Crisis

Korede Abdullah June 30, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Health advocates in Lagos have launched a maternal health campaign aimed at reducing pregnancy-related...

Katsina Seeks Support for Breast Cancer Fight Medical professionals conducting breast cancer screening during a healthcare mission in Katsina State.

Medical professionals conducting breast cancer screening during a healthcare mission in Katsina State.

Katsina Seeks Support for Breast Cancer Fight

Hussaini Ibrahim June 13, 2026

KATSINA, Nigeria – Governor Dikko Umaru Radda has called on philanthropists, development partners and private organisations to...

Ekiti Vows Crackdown on Female Genital Mutilation

Ekiti Vows Crackdown on Female Genital Mutilation

Mirian Gom May 31, 2026

ADO-EKITI, Nigeria – The Ekiti State Government has renewed its commitment to eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM),...

Dying In Silence: The Hidden Disease Stealing Health, Futures of Nigerian Women A Nigerian woman standing beside a rural riverbank where communities depend on untreated water amid growing concerns over schistosomiasis infections.

A Nigerian woman standing beside a rural riverbank where communities depend on untreated water amid growing concerns over schistosomiasis infections.

Dying In Silence: The Hidden Disease Stealing Health, Futures of Nigerian Women

Oluwatobi Adu May 7, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease silently damaging their health, fertility, and dignity. Many remain...

Pills, Panic and Silence: Inside Nigeria’s Hidden Reproductive Health Gamble Young Nigerian woman holding medication in a private setting

Pills, Panic and Silence: Inside Nigeria’s Hidden Reproductive Health Gamble

Oluwatobi Adu May 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In cramped hostels, shared apartments and quiet corners of Nigeria’s cities, a silent gamble...

FG Launches Aggressive Cervical Cancer Screening Drive, Targets 10,000 Women in Imo Minister Iziaq Adekunle Salako appeals to resident doctors on strike threat

Minister Iziaq Adekunle Salako appeals to resident doctors on strike threat

FG Launches Aggressive Cervical Cancer Screening Drive, Targets 10,000 Women in Imo

Mirian Gom April 30, 2026

OWERRI, Nigeria – Nigeria’s push to curb rising cancer deaths gathered pace on Wednesday as President Bola...

A Lump, A Delay, A Reckoning: Inside Nigeria’s Deadly Pattern of Late Breast Cancer Diagnosis Healthcare professional conducting breast cancer awareness examination.

Healthcare professional conducting breast cancer awareness examination.

A Lump, A Delay, A Reckoning: Inside Nigeria’s Deadly Pattern of Late Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Oluwatobi Adu April 17, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – It began with a touch—an ordinary moment in an ordinary bathroom. For Temilade, then...

women’s health

Enugu Moves to Sustain Family Planning Gains as IntegratE Project Ends

Why Nigerian Women Are Still Dying in Childbirth Despite Years of Investment – UNFPA

FG Targets Cervical Cancer Elimination by 2030

Lagos Outreach Targets Maternal Death Crisis

Katsina Seeks Support for Breast Cancer Fight

Ekiti Vows Crackdown on Female Genital Mutilation

Dying In Silence: The Hidden Disease Stealing Health, Futures of Nigerian Women

Pills, Panic and Silence: Inside Nigeria’s Hidden Reproductive Health Gamble

FG Launches Aggressive Cervical Cancer Screening Drive, Targets 10,000 Women in Imo

A Lump, A Delay, A Reckoning: Inside Nigeria’s Deadly Pattern of Late Breast Cancer Diagnosis

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