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- 29 Oct 2025
AHC Awareness'25: Tackling misinformation key to protecting community health
Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) Health Committee has called for greater vigilance against health-related misinformation, warning that myths and falsehoods about diseases like Buruli Ulcer…
- 21 Dec 2009
Capdan Joins Hygeia Community Health Plan
Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association (CAPDAN ) has embraced the Hygeia Community Health Plan (HCHP ) which offers healthcare coverage to selected communities in Lagos and Kwara states.…
- 26 Jan 2009
Global Health Community Commits Over $630m for Polio Eradication
Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the British and German governments last week committed more than $630 million in new funds to fight polio, a crippling and sometimes…
- 30 Jul 2021
Fidelity Bank Prioritises Host Community’s Health, Wellbeing with Laudable CSR Initiatives
Excellent healthcare indisputably ranks high on the list of important requirements for sustained human existence and various nations are prioritising the provision of adequate healthcare for their…
- 19 Oct 2025
Community unites for health as Awba-Ofemili battles Buruli Ulcer through awareness
Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) Health Committee, in collaboration with the Office of the President-General, ADU, the Nigerian Red Cross Society (Anambra State Branch), Awba-Ofemili Health…
- 25 Nov 2025
Facebook Promotes Health and Community Spirit Among Young Nigerians @AprokoNation
Facebook will be live at this year’s AprokoNation Fiesta – Y2K Edition, with immersive health and wellness experiences that celebrate creativity and connection. The event will take place on Saturday,…
- 3 Oct 2014
Philips Inaugurates Africa’s First Community Life
Royal Philips has opened its first Community Life Center in Kenya, an integrated solution for primary health care and service facilities that provides community development from a health care,…
- 28 Apr 2017
Health: Ikeja Electric Fetes Bariga Community with Safety Nets
Ikeja Electric Plc, Nigeria’s largest electricity distribution company, has joined the global fight against malaria as it marked World Malaria Day with the donation of treated mosquito nets and…
- 9 Aug 2026
Awba-Ofemili Unveils 2026 Health Campaign, Offers Free Medical Screening
Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) Health Committee has officially announced the launch of the Awba-Ofemili Health Awareness Campaign 2026, a community-wide initiative designed to promote…
- 7 Jul 2015
Health Workers Applaud Airtel for impact on Maternal Health in Northern Nigeria
The health workers and beneficiaries of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) Pampaida in Kaduna have commended leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, for its support to the…
- 31 Oct 2025
TBL Supervisor says Early Detection, Correct Information Key to Reducing Burden of Buruli Ulcer in Rural Communities
Health Supervisor in-charge of Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy (TBL) in Awka North, under the Anambra State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA), Mrs. Celestina Igwe, has stressed…
- 14 Nov 2025
Lagos Launches Centralised Mental Health Providers Directory
Lagos State Government has unveiled the Lagos Community of Mental Health Providers (LCP) Directory, a pioneering digital registry that centralises verified information on all mental health…
- 18 Oct 2015
SPDC’s Healthcare Drive in Bayelsa Reaches 5000 People
About 5000 people in Oloibiri area of Bayelsa State have benefitted from a health outreach organised by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) Joint Venture in furtherance of…
- 20 Apr 2010
Understanding the Concept of Micro Insurance
The importance of micro insurance in bailing Nigerian out of its low insurance esteem cannot be over estimated. In recent times, the practice has been receiving tremendous support among operators.…
- 24 Apr 2024
Moniepoint, Community Pharmacists to Explore Digital Financial Inclusion for Health Industry
Issues bordering on the need to strengthen the pharmaceutical supply chain and distribution leveraging digital technology, reducing the prevalence of fake medicines exacerbated by the unregulated and…
- 28 Sept 2014
GE Foundation Supports Fight Against Ebola With $2m
West African Countries presently battling with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) may now heave a sigh of relief as the Global infrastructure giant, GE Foundation announced a whopping sum of $2…
- 21 Jul 2021
54gene Launching Trust to Reinvest 5% of Proceeds on African Scientists, Communities
54gene, the health technology company centered on advancing the field of African genomics to unlock scientific discoveries as well as improve diagnostic and treatment outcomes within Africa and the…
- 5 Nov 2025
ADU Health Committee empowers 7 schools with First Aid boxes
Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU), through its Health Committee, has donated First Aid boxes to seven schools in Awba-Ofemili, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, as part of its…
- 12 Apr 2013
mHealth to Save 147,000 Nigerians
Mobile health (mHealth) applications such as text messages could save 147,000 Nigerians lost each year to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malaria and pregnancy-related conditions, according to new…
- 13 Feb 2022
Lagos State Lauds MTN over Y’ello Doctor Initiative
One of the six Y’ello Doctor Mobile clinics will provide health care services to communities in Lagos state. This is following the handover of the vehicle by MTN Foundation to the Lagos State…
- 25 May 2017
Nigeria Innovation Summit ‘17 To Discuss Tech, Innovation for Economic Transformation
Nigeria Innovation Summit, an annual event that brings together stakeholders from different sectors of Nigeria's economy to share ideas, trends, and opportunities around technology, innovation and…
- 21 Aug 2014
75% of Ebola Victims are Women: This is Why
About 75 per cent of people contracting Ebola are women because they are often the primary care-givers, nurses and traders within their communities, health officials have said. The disease, which has…
- 28 Aug 2014
Airtel Receives Commendations for Role in MDGs
Airtel Nigeria, has received commendations from villagers, Community Health Workers (CHWs) and residents of Pampaida Millennium Villages in Saulawa District of Ikara Local Government of Kaduna State.…
- 18 Apr 2024
9PSB Advocates for Healthy Lifestyle Lagos @ Global Public Health Week 2024
In a bid to further create awareness on the need to practice healthy lifestyle particularly among the productive segment of the society, 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB), Nigeria’s digital payment…
- 7 Feb 2023
MFS Africa Taps Olaseni Alabede as New CTO
Olaseni Alabede, a veteran of the payments technology sector with more than 18 years of experience, has joined Global Technology Partners (GTP), an MFS Africa company, as chief technology officer…
- 11 Oct 2022
Prudential, Google Cloud Partner to Make Healthcare and Financial Security Accessible Across Africa
Insurance group, Prudential plc (Prudential) and Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership to enhance health and financial inclusion for communities across Africa and Asia. Under this alliance,…
- 28 Apr 2013
ICT in Improving Healthcare
Nigeria’s health sector’s performance is suboptimal due to underdevelopment, scarcity of resources, and marked social inequalities. Despite the huge budgetary allocations to the sector every year;…
- 2 Dec 2008
Cotecna Provides Community with Solar-Powered Borehole
As part of strategic efforts to aid local communities with basic infrastructure and amenities, Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited (CDIL), a foremost trade security and facilitation company in…
- 18 Jun 2024
Access Bank Commits to Deepening Financial Inclusion
Access Bank has restated that it remains committed to providing access to finance for entrepreneurs in the transportation, agriculture, and health sectors this year. Chizoma Okoli, Its Deputy…
- 1 Nov 2015
How Oracle e-Business Helps Edo Achieve 90% Efficiency, Others
Oracle Nigeria recently celebrated the launch of its new office in Nigeria, having been active in the region for more than two decades. However, from the customers approach, Oracle said its approach…