UNFPA – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:38:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png UNFPA – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Stephanie Linus’ Extended Hands Foundation Takes SGBV Awareness To Local Schools and Communities https://www.theinfostride.com/stephanie-linus-extended-hands-foundation-takes-sgbv-awareness-to-local-schools-and-communities/ https://www.theinfostride.com/stephanie-linus-extended-hands-foundation-takes-sgbv-awareness-to-local-schools-and-communities/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:38:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=322954 Raising more awareness in our communities is critical to the elimination of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). The Extended Hands Foundation with support from Ford Foundation has recently taken its activism to local schools and communities in Lagos State. The community outreach took place in Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA and Shogunle LCDA of Lagos State while [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/stephanie-linus-extended-hands-foundation-takes-sgbv-awareness-to-local-schools-and-communities/feed/ 0 UNICEF, WHO and UNFPA pleads with Russia to seize attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine https://www.theinfostride.com/unicef-who-and-unfpa-pleads-with-russia-to-seize-attacks-on-healthcare-facilities-in-ukraine/ https://www.theinfostride.com/unicef-who-and-unfpa-pleads-with-russia-to-seize-attacks-on-healthcare-facilities-in-ukraine/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:32:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=320559 The heads of UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) have pleaded with Russia to stop the attacks on Ukraine’s healthcare facilities. This was made known in a joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem, and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Since Russia [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/unicef-who-and-unfpa-pleads-with-russia-to-seize-attacks-on-healthcare-facilities-in-ukraine/feed/ 0 WAPA partners UNFPA to enlighten Women in Hospitality Business https://www.theinfostride.com/wapa-partners-unfpa-to-enlighten-women-in-hospitality-business/ Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:22:44 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=172832 The Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in conjunction with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has organized a 2-day sensitization programme to enlighten 150 women in Hospitality Business (Commercial Sex) in the State. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs. Lola Akande, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, [...]

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]]> Toyin Ojora-Saraki Pays Respect To Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director https://www.theinfostride.com/toyin-ojora-saraki-pays-respect-to-professor-babatunde-osotimehin-unfpa-executive-director/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:04:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=167207 Toyin Ojora-Saraki, the Founder of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa and the wife of the Nigerian Senate President paid her respects to Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, who sadly passed away today. Mrs. Saraki said: “ I have just learnt of the unbelievably sad news, that the global health community has lost my dear brother Honorable ED of [...]

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]]> Wellbeing Foundation Africa Amplifies Its Advocacy For International Day Of The Midwife and Nurses https://www.theinfostride.com/wellbeing-foundation-africa-amplifies-its-advocacy-for-international-day-of-the-midwife-and-nurses/ Fri, 19 May 2017 20:02:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=165556 To celebrate the International Day of the Midwife, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) focused on advocacy and policy, in a series of courtesy visits to key stakeholders of Nigeria’s healthcare system. Throughout the week, the Founder-President of WBFA and Global Goodwill Ambassador of the International Confederation Midwives Toyin Ojora Saraki emphasized the importance of reviewing [...]

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]]> Aisha Buhari Calls For Investment On Nigerian Child https://www.theinfostride.com/aisha-buhari-calls-for-investment-on-nigerian-child/ Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:43:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=162985 The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Monday called for sustained investment in the education and development of out-of-school children in the country. The president’s wife made the call at the sideline of the just concluded 50th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, (UNFPA) in New York. The theme [...]

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]]> Wellbeing Foundation Africa, National Assembly Primary Health Care Revitalisation Support Group Host Global Development Partners, for Improved PHC in Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/wellbeing-foundation-africa-national-assembly-primary-health-care-revitalisation-support-group-host-global-development-partners-for-improved-phc-in-nigeria/ Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:16:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=156746 On Tuesday, 13 February, 2016 in Abuja, WBFA Founder Toyin Saraki, Chair of Nigeria Health CSO’s National Assembly Primary Healthcare Revitalisation Support Group PHCRSG hosted a meeting with the Development Partners Group which included the Country Director of WHO, USAID, UNICEF, UNFPA, JICA, DfID, PEPFAR, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, the [...]

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]]> Strengthen Nigeria’s Midwifery Services To Deliver Family Planning – Toyin Saraki https://www.theinfostride.com/strengthen-nigerias-midwifery-services-to-deliver-family-planning-toyin-saraki/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:43:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147582 …Progress in Nigeria and other nations has been uneven and Stakeholders warn against poor quality care with rising rates of over-medicalisation, too few trained staff or basic resources in many regions around the world. ABUJA – The 4th Nigeria Family Planning Conference in Abuja this week hosted the Africa regional launch of The Lancet Maternal [...]

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]]> WBFA, ICM, UNFPA And Partners Merge Global Health Frameworks With In-Country Priorities For Improved Midwifery Outcomes In Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/wbfa-icm-unfpa-and-partners-merge-global-health-frameworks-with-in-country-priorities-for-improved-midwifery-outcomes-in-nigeria/ Fri, 06 May 2016 19:41:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=127848 Toyin Saraki’s Wellbeing Foundation Africa, the International Confederation of Midwives, UNFPA And Partners Merge Global Health Frameworks With In-Country Priorities; Building Capacity For Improved Midwifery Outcomes In Nigeria. For two days, from 4th May till 5th May 2016, in Abuja, Nigeria, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa and the National Association Of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) [...]

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]]> Wellbeing Foundation Africa Partners UNFPA And Academic Institutions To Improve Nigeria’s Midwives And Nursing Profession https://www.theinfostride.com/wellbeing-foundation-africa-partners-unfpa-and-academic-institutions-to-improve-nigerias-midwives-and-nursing-profession/ Fri, 06 May 2016 17:31:30 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=127839 Toyin Saraki’s Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Partners UNFPA, Academic Institutions To Bring International Confederation Of Midwives Midwifery Services Framework To Heart Of Nigeria’s Midwives And Nursing Profession. The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) marked the International Day of the Midwife, with the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), UNFPA, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), [...]

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]]> The Inaugural Global Midwifery Conference Abuja ‘Every Birth Counts’ Holds In May 2016 https://www.theinfostride.com/the-inaugural-global-midwifery-conference-abuja-every-birth-counts-hold-in-may-2016/ Thu, 28 Apr 2016 19:22:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=127026 To mark the International Day of the Midwife, the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), UNFPA and the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) – led by Her Excellency Mrs. Toyin Saraki – will be holding the Inaugural Global Midwifery Conference in Nigeria on the 4th and 5th May 2016, at The Sheraton Hotel, in [...]

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]]> WBFA Calls for Ending Female Genital Mutilation; Commends UNFPA, Development Partners https://www.theinfostride.com/wbfa-calls-for-ending-female-genital-mutilation-commends-unfpa-development-partners/ Sat, 13 Feb 2016 22:34:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=118277 On the 9th of February 2016, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) participated in the launch of the Global Joint UNFPA/UNICEF programme on the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) in Nigeria and called for zero tolerance for FGM and other harmful traditional practices. Under the leadership of H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa [...]

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]]> Over 2000 Gender-Based Violence Cases Were Treated In Lagos Last One Year https://www.theinfostride.com/over-2000-gender-based-violence-cases-were-treated-in-lagos-last-one-year/ Sun, 13 Dec 2015 00:31:13 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=112379 Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation reported that more than 2,000 gender-based domestic violence cases have been treated in the last one year. The State Commissioner in charge of the Ministry, Hon. (Mrs.) Lola Akande, disclosed on Thursday while fielding questions from newsmen at a symposium organized by the Ministry in collaboration [...]

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]]> Wellbeing Foundation Africa Urges All Stakeholders to Take Active Role in Ending Forced, Early and Child Marriages https://www.theinfostride.com/wellbeing-foundation-africa-urges-all-stakeholders-to-take-active-role-in-ending-forced-early-and-child-marriages/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:30:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109817 The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, a pan-African frontline NGO led by Wife of Nigeria Senate President, H.E. Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has called on all stakeholders to take an active role in ending the harmful practice of child marriage. Represented by its Nigeria Country Director, Dr. Luther-King Fasehun, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa participated in the first African [...]

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]]> International Development Partners Join Forces With Aisha Buhari On Maternal, Child Health | #News https://www.theinfostride.com/international-development-partners-join-forces-with-aisha-buhari-on-maternal-child-health-news/ Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:30:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/international-development-partners-join-forces-with-aisha-buhari-on-maternal-child-health-news/ The bid by the wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari to save mothers and their children from health and nutritional hazards in the country, has attracted international attention. The United Nations (UN) under Secretary General and Executive Director of UNFPA, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin and a team of Development Partners, are exploring opportunities through Mrs [...]

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