One in three Nigerian adolescents underweight- Report
This is according to the 2025 State of the Health of the Nation Report released by the Federal Ministry of ...
Tag: adolescents
SERAP urges court to halt extension of sachet alcohol ban moratorium
“Sachet alcohol, often cheap and highly potent, has contributed to rising cases of alcohol abuse, especially among young people and ...
Adolescents’ non-adherence to treatment hinders Nigeria’s HIV elimination target- NIMR
She noted that adolescents and young adults with HIV had the worst treatment outcomes, and that 40 per cent of ...
How failure to invest in adolescent welfare could have economic effect – Report
While progress has been made in some areas of improving adolescent well-being, significant challenges persist, placing the well-being of adolescents ...
Gates institute continues vaccine trial against tuberculosis
The World Health Organisation estimates that 10.6 million people globally fell ill with TB, 1.3 million died in 2022.
Young people push policymakers for action at world’s largest forum for adolescents
The Global Forum, 11-12 October 2023, was organized by PMNCH – the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ ...
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Improved wellbeing of adolescent, young adults critical to achieving sustainable development- Health Minister
He acknowledged the importance of adopting a whole-government approach to addressing the multiple and intersecting factors that impact adolescents in ...
The BMJ: Special collection on adolescent wellbeing launched
In the lead-up to the Global Forum for Adolescents in 2023, this week a special collection is published in The ...
WHO, partners lament high death of adolescents, call for special care
More than 3,000 adolescents die every day, or 1.2 million deaths a year.
72,000 adolescents live with HIV in Lagos — AIDS Agency
The government threatens to sanction any school that discriminates against people living with HIV.
