From Tongnaan Bawa Jos Plateau State Governor. Caleb Mutfwang of the State in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has distributed 5,392 cartons of Small Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS)…
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Tackling Malnutrition: Plateau’s Bold Step for Child Nutrition with UNICEF Support
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The fight against child malnutrition in Plateau State is evolving from scattered household practices into a structured public health campaign that blends cultural knowledge with modern science. For…
Gavi, UNICEF pledge support to improve vaccine access, hand over 28 solar-powered PHCs in Kano
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has handed over 28 newly solar-powered Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities to the Kano State Government and the National…
Kano Governor Assures Development Partners Judicious Spending of Funds
…As He welcomes Continues Partnerships Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has assured the Development Partners that funds allocated to the state would be judiciously used. He added since the assumption…
Gov. Yusuf reactivates malnutrition centre to save 17,000 severely malnourished children
In a major step towards combating child malnutrition, Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has reactivated Community Management of Acute Malnutrition centres across the 44 local government areas of the state,…
U-reporters, youth rally to promote breastfeeding awareness in Kano
U-Reporters, supported by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), joined other youth groups in Kano on Friday to hold rallies marking World Breastfeeding Week 2025. Speaking during the rally at…
Increase paid maternity leave to support mothers – UNICEF tells Kano govt
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the Kano State Government to extend the number of paid maternity leave days to help protect the health of mothers and their babies…
UNICEF Appoints New Country Representative for Nigeria
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced the appointment of Ms. Wafaa Saeed Abdelatef as the new UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a…
UNICEF Urges Increased Investment to Save 1.5 Million Under-Five Children in Jigawa
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on Jigawa State stakeholders to scale up budget allocations, releases, and spending on child-focused initiatives to safeguard the lives and…
Warawa surpasses polio immunisation target with 59,391 children vaccinated — Health Educator
Warawa Local Government Area of Kano State has successfully vaccinated 59,391 children during the just-concluded polio immunisation campaign, surpassing its original target of 57,754 children. The Health Educator of Warawa LGA, Bello…
Kano Dep. Governor Hosts Immunization Taskforce, Debunks Polio Vaccination Myths
By Mustapha Salisu Kano State Deputy Governor, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has debunked the widespread myth that routine polio immunization prevents women from conceiving. He made this clarification on Friday while presiding…
Plateau Gov’t Adopts FSM With Support From UNICEF
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Plateau State Government has adopted a comprehensive Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) strategy, with support from UNICEF and key sanitation experts as part of efforts to improving public health,…
Stakeholders Advocate New Strategies to Improve Nutrition in Adamawa
From Umar Dankano, Yola Key stakeholders, including agricultural experts, nutritionists, academics, media professionals, and non-governmental organizations, have called for the adoption of more effective strategies to enhance quality nutrition across all stages…
Kaduna: WHO Engages JAP to Support Polio Vaccination in Non-Compliant Settlements
From Abdurrahman Abdullahi, Kaduna In line with its mandate to support governments in strengthening health systems and promoting health security, the World Health Organization (WHO) has engaged the Journalists Initiative on Immunization…
Kano to vaccinate 4.1m children under five amid fresh polio outbreak
The Kano State Government has announced plans to vaccinate 4.1 million children under the age of five during the next round of its polio immunization campaign, scheduled for April 24 to 30,…
UNICEF Urges Jigawa Govt, LG Chairmen to Release Counterpart Funding for Polio Immunisation
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the Jigawa State Government and the Chairmen of all 27 Local Government Areas to release their counterpart funding for…
Adamawa targets over 1.4 million for polio eradication immunization as UNICEF support exercise
From Umar Dankano, Yola United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF and the Adamawa state government have urge parents and guardians to as a matter of almost importance forward their wards for the proposed…
Polio Immunization: Jigawa, UNICEF Target 1.9 Million Children
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa State Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is set to immunize at least 1.9 million children during the 2025 polio vaccination exercise….
Jigawa CS-SUNN Urges Increased Nutrition Budget to Save Children’s Lives
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Jigawa chapter of the Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), supported by UNICEF, has called for an increased nutrition budget to save the lives of thousands…
UNICEF to Launch Maiden Newsletter for Bauchi Field Office in April
From Umar Dankano, Yola In a bid to enhance awareness of its core mission in promoting children’s well-being and welfare, UNICEF’s Bauchi Field Office is set to launch its maiden newsletter, titled…
IWD: JISEPA, UNICEF Train 600 Women on Waste-to-Wealth Initiative
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse As part of activities marking this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), the Jigawa State Environmental Protection Agency (JISEPA), with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has…
UNICEF Commends Plateau State’s Commitment to Improving Lives
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos A United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) chief of field office Bauchi, Dr. Muzhat Rafique, has expressed admiration for the dedication shown by Plateau State’s leadership towards enhancing the…
Harmful Practices on Girls: UNICEF, IWEI Launch BCP in Jigawa
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Isa Wali Empowerment Initiative (IWEI), has launched the Building Community Power (BCP) project aimed at ending harmful practices…
UNICEF, Donors Donate 4,290 Cartons of SQLNS Food Supplement to Adamawa Government
From Umar Dankano, Yola The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Adamawa State Government, in collaboration with other donors, have procured 4,290 cartons of SQLNS food supplement to prevent undernutrition among…
92,000 Jigawa students affected by climate-induced floods – UNICEF
Flooding caused by climate change has disrupted the education of approximately 92,518 school-age children in Jigawa State, according to the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF. This was disclosed by the Chief…