Tag: #WomensHealth
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UN FLAGS CERVICAL CANCER AS PREVENTABLE KILLER – VACCINATE NOW!
The UN spotlights cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide that claims a life every two minutes, as fully preventable and curable through HPV vaccination, early screening from age 30 (25 for HIV+ women), and timely treatment—yet unequal access ravages sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Linked almost entirely to persistent human papillomavirus (HPV)…
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FIRST LADY OLUREMI TINUBU LAUNCHES FREE SANITARY PAD SCHEME TO EMPOWER SCHOOLGIRLS
Tackling period poverty head-on, the scheme supports dignity, education, and menstrual health for 370,000 girls nationwide. In Gombe, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu unveiled the Flow With Confidence initiative under her Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), distributing a year’s supply of sanitary pads to 10,000 girls in each Nigerian state and the FCT. The program aims to…
