WHO Declares mpox Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern

The WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR). Dr Tedros’s declaration came on the advice of an […]

ARFH ICHSSA-2 Handing Over Ceremony of Kwara State OVC Program

L-R: Hon. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina El-Imam, His Excellency, Deputy Governor of Kwara State, Chief Kayode Alabi, the Executive Secretary KWASACA Dr. Seleem Alabi, CoP ICHSSA 2 Project Dr. Iwuala Felix and SFH Technical Director Dr. Joseph, and esteemed colleagues ICHSSA 2 Project DSI Elijah Idoko and SFH Kwara STL Dr. Owen. Handing over ceremony of the […]

ARFH ICHSSA-2 Team at the 16th International Workshop on Pediatrics & HIV 2024, Munich, Germany and International AIDS Society Conference in Munich, Germany

We are happy to share that two of our staff on USAID funded ICHSSA-2 project attended the 16th International Workshop on Pediatrics & HIV 2024, Munich, Germany while also joining the International AIDS Society Conference in Munich, Germany. The Chief of Party, ICHSSA-2 project, Dr. Felix Iwuala presented an abstract on “Accelerated Model for the […]

ARFH Trains Staff, CBOs and Govt. on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services

According to WHO, 1 in 8 people globally lives with a mental disorder. People with mental health disorders died, on average, 10 to 20 years before others. In 2019, nearly a billion people were living with at least one mental disorder. Anxiety and depression are the most commonly reported mental disorders. Nigeria has Africa’s highest caseload of […]

Every Child Counts: Our Commitment to Ending TB among Children

Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease that affects millions of children worldwide. According to the Who Health Organization (WHO), over 1 million children under the age of 15 fall ill with TB each year, and approximately 200,000 children dies from the disease. TB in children is a major public health concern, as it can […]

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