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Health
According to the World Health Organisation, “hypertension (high blood pressure) is when the pressure in your blood vessels is too high (140/90mmHg or higher)”
Across the world, millions of children suffer from stunting— which the World Health Organisation describes as the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation.
Sokoto
The Challenge Initiative, a global urban reproductive health initiative, has called for continued investment, political will, and community-driven action to ensure family planning services reach every woman, man, and young person who needs them- no matter where they live.
The Director-General of the National Blood Service Agency, Prof. Saleh Yuguda, says Nigeria currently supplies less than 30 per cent of its blood needs, highlighting a critical shortage in the country’s blood supply.
In Nigeria, paediatric cancer, identified by the World Health Organisation as the primary cause of mortality among children and adolescents, persists as a covert struggle, frequently obscured by misunderstandings and insufficient resources.
The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for more public awareness to prevent Noma disease in the country.
Speakers highlighted this in Sokoto at the Quarterly Review Meeting of Community Practice (CoP), established by the AHBN to expedite progress in enhancing routine immunisation coverage, specifically targeting zero-dose children.
Sokoto Government, UNICEF forge stronger partnership to tackle malnutrition, polio
In Sokoto State, Northwest Nigeria, opening a Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) at the State Specialist Hospital has brought relief and comfort to families, ensuring their ill newborns receive top-notch medical attention.