The Garki Hospital has inaugurated a subsidised sickle cell clinic to cater for the healthcare needs of the patients in Abuja and its environs.
The aim of the clinic was to provide adequate healthcare facilities at a reduced rate for people living with sickle cell disease.
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Kano state government has signed into law the state Contributory Health Care Agency Bill 2016.
The Contributory Health Care is a scheme that, among other things, facilitates payment for medical and surgical expenses incurred by civil servants in the state, included in their benefit packages as a means of motivating them.
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The Federal Government of Nigeria in Abuja has launched a smart phone application, Wetin App, for flood forecasting along the Niger and Benue rivers, which is available on Google App Store.
The Wetin App is a collaborative project of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
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Adepeju Jaiyeoba is the founder and CEO of Mother’s Delivery Kit (MDK), a Lagos-based social enterprise established to promote and enhance safe births, instigate behavioural change and economically empower women in Nigeria.
In 2011, Adepeju Jaiyeoba lost her friend due to pregnancy/childbirth-related complications. This, and the fact that she saw women giving birth on bare floors, birth attendants severing umbilical cord with rusty blades or broken glass, jolted her into action.
The same year, she founded the Brown Button Foundation, a nonprofit organization that trains birth attendants in rural villages in Nigeria. The company has trained more than 8,000 birth attendants across the country who have also gone on to train others.
In 2013, she launched Mother’s Delivery Kit (MDK), a social enterprise that provides affordable sterile supplies for childbirth. So far, over 50,000 kits have been delivered.
Adepeju holds a degree in Law from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and a certificate in Global Change Leadership from the Coady International Institute in Canada. She also participated in the 2013 Global Change Leaders programme.