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PREMIUM TIMES, WCCIMA partner to empower women entrepreneurs in Nigeria

Nigeria, May 7 -- PREMIUM TIMES has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Women's Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (WCCIMA) to promote and empower women entrepreneurs... Read More


Health advocates call for urgent investment in midwives to tackle maternal deaths

Nigeria, May 6 -- Health advocates in Nigeria have called on the government, development partners, and the wider public to prioritise investment in midwives as a critical strategy to end preventable m... Read More


INTERVIEW: Why early diagnosis is crucial in preventing disease outbreaks - Virology Professor

Nigeria, May 4 -- Outbreaks of infectious diseases in Nigeria are worsened by delayed or incorrect diagnosis, weak surveillance systems, and misdirected public health priorities. While early laborator... Read More


Nigeria records decline in Lassa Fever cases, but Mpox persists - NCDC

Nigeria, May 3 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that the country is seeing a decline in Lassa fever infections, even as Mpox continues to spread across nea... Read More


Cholera: Nigeria records 34 deaths, 1307 suspected cases

Nigeria, May 3 -- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), has reported 1,307 suspected cholera cases and 34 deaths across 30 states and 98 Local Government Areas in the country. ... Read More


dRPC launches grants for Nigerian NGOs amid funding crisis

Nigeria, May 1 -- The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) has launched a rapid response grant fund to support Nigerian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) grappling with the recent wave ... Read More


Early pregnancy, leading cause of death among teenage girls globally - WHO

Nigeria, April 23 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday warned against early pregnancy, noting that it is the leading cause of death among teenage girls aged 15 to 19 globally. The glob... Read More


ANALYSIS: What Nigeria must do to turn the tide on maternal, newborn mortality

Nigeria, April 19 -- Motherhood should signify new beginnings, not a life-threatening experience. Yet, for millions of women around the world, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, pregnan... Read More


Stakeholders advocate immediate action to protect Nigeria's climate future

Nigeria, April 18 -- As Nigeria grapples with the impacts of climate change, stakeholders are calling for urgent, cross-sectoral action to safeguard the country's future. This stakeholders made the c... Read More


7 million people die from air pollution annually - WHO

Nigeria, March 25 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that air pollution remains one of the most severe global health threats, contributing to around 7 million premature deaths annually.... Read More