The Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW), Kwara State chapter, has commenced an advocacy campaign to promote workplace breastfeeding for female employees. The workplace breastfeeding and lactation support programme in Nigeria is being spearheaded by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) and Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW), with support from FHI360, and Alive & Thrive. The […]
Rick Slayman, the 62-year-old who grabbed headlines as the world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Slayman who was living with end-stage kidney disease. The operation was a milestone in xenotransplantation – the transplantation of […]
Stakeholders in the health sector and citizens in Kwara State have underscored the need for proper sensitization for health deliverables, improved primary health care facilities and unbridled communication between the government and the citizens. The stakeholders shared the views at a State Health Sector Agenda Townhall Conversation on COVID-19 Transparency Accountability Project, CTAP, in Ilorin, […]
