THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has commended Zamfara government and other stakeholders for maintaining a zero polio virus in the state. The officer in charge of Sokoto UNICEF Field Office, Isah Ibrahim, gave the commendation during a media dialogue on Polio Outbreak Response Campaign, on Friday in Gusau. “On …
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UNICEF has recommended regular health checks on incoming passengers at the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, as part of measures to check the spread of diphtheria in Imo. UNICEF’s Health Specialist, Dr Olusoji Akinleye, made the recommendation during a virtual media parley organised by the agency in Owerri, on Friday. The …
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UNICEF and the Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board conducted a follow-up zero-dose mobile outreach in Gidan Maigari, addressing health gaps in the remote Zangon Aya Ward, Igabi Local Government Areas, Kaduna State. The initiative aims to address the pressing health and nutrition needs of underserved and hard-to-reach communities. The …
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THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for increased access to menstrual hygiene facilities, education for adolescent girls. Speaking at a sensitization session to commemorate the 2025 Menstrual Hygiene Day, at the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Lambu, in Tofa, UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Officer, Stella Okafor-Terver, good …
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THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria has the highest number of unvaccinated children in the world. Bashir Elegbede, a health officer at UNICEF, disclosed the figures during a media dialogue in Damaturu, Yobe State, as part of activities to mark the 2025 World Immunisation Week. Elegbede …
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THE United Nations Children Population Fund (UNICEF) and Adamawa government on Friday signed Memorandum of Understand (MoU) on the training of social welfare workers for the protection of children against violence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Primary Healthcare Development …
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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated 1.433, 300 doses of polio vaccines to Adamawa government, targeting children from 0 to 59 months in the forthcoming immunisation. Dr Suleiman Bashir, Executive Secretary, Adamawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (PHCDA) made this known at the media round table discussion on Thursday in …
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THE Gombe government says it has procured 5,830 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF), to enhance treatment of malnourished children in the state. The commodities were procured in collaboration between the state government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) under its Child Nutrition Fund (CNF). Dr Nuzhat Rafique, UNICEF …
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THE United Nations in Afghanistan on Thursday confirmed that it received credible reports that dozens of civilians, including women and children, were killed in Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan’s Paktika province. The UN statement said Tuesday’s airstrikes were a violation of international law and called for an investigation. “International law obliges military …
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THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says a total of two million children are out of school in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The global agency said as a grant agent of the Global Partnership for Education Accelerated Funding GPE-AF, project, it is “supporting two million out-of-school children in northeast …
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