By Joke Kujenya MOTHERS TRYING to breastfeed face mounting challenges in healthcare facilities, homes, and workplaces that offer little or no support for nursing. Yet, according to global health authorities, structured assistance during the early days of motherhood remains key to ensuring infants receive the critical nourishment and immunity ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has issued its first global guideline to help healthcare professionals improve pregnancy outcomes for women living with sickle cell disease, marking a significant step toward addressing what it calls a growing and life-threatening maternal health challenge. Sickl...
By Joke Kujenya CALLS FOR increased global investment in maternal and newborn health to prevent the deaths of nearly 300,000 women and over 2 million newborns annually were the high points of the 2025 World Health Day yesterday, April 7. Dr. Pascale Allotey, WHO’s Director for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, emphasized that...
By Joke Kujenya FRANTIC TO rescue his wife, Mrs. Elle Ebunoluwa Babatunde, 27, from the grips of death, Adebayo Oladipo Babatunde, 49, is calling on Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun and Health Commissioner Tommy Coker to please come to their rescue. In a passionate appeal with tears, he narrated how the whole saga began on […]
