ARFH co-Founder Prof Ladipo delivers speech at 9th & 10th National Assembly Joint Health Interactive Session
ARFH President Emeritus, Prof. Oladapo Ladipo, delivered a speech at the 9th & 10th National Assembly Joint Health Interactive Session in Abuja on Wednesday. Excerpts: 1. Health is wealth. Both health and education are the twin engines for socio-economic growth, improved quality of life, political stability. 2. Indeed, there is no real growth without a […]
ARFH joins global community to mark World Malaria Day 2023
Today is World Malaria Day, and the theme for the 2023 celebration is “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement”. As a community of practice, the Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) works with national and global health partners to deliver zero malaria through implementation by reaching marginalized populations with available tools and […]
ARFH marks World Cancer Day 2023
The Association for Reproductive and Family Health joins the world to mark the 2023 World Cancer Day (WCD). The WCD is marked every February 4 to celebrate real-world progress in cancer treatment and awareness, in addition to innovation, medical advances and actions that can have significant impact. The ARFH Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Kehinde Osinowo, […]
ARFH shares RASuDiN project success story, partners JSI on CODSAiN, S-CAP
The Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH), in collaboration with the John Snow Inc. have launched two new projects. The newly inaugurated projects are the Community-Oriented DMPA-SC Self Injection Acceleration in Nigeria (CODSAiN), and the Self-Care Accelerator Projects (S-CAP). At the launch which took place on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 in Abuja, the Federal […]
Community Ownership & Efforts Towards Eradicating Tuberculosis in Osun State
Engagement with the traditional rulers and community stakeholders has created ownership and efforts towards reducing the burden of Tuberculosis in Osun State. His Royal Majesty (HRM) Alapomu of Apomu has contributed immensely to ensure prompt diagnosis by his donations to make the laboratories functional in his community. This is as a result of effective collaboration […]
FG pledges commitment to TB control, donates TB detecting machine to El-Lab Ltd
Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who gave the assurance on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 in Lagos at the “National Public/Private Mix (PPM) Summit for Tuberculosis Control in Nigeria”, disclosed that budgetary allocation for TB control would be increased in the 2019 budget. He wouldn’t give details of the allocation but added: “We will likewise […]
World Tuberculosis Day 2018: Stop TB Partnership Nigeria holds road walk for TB awareness
On Saturday, 20th March 2018, Stop TB Partnership Nigeria in collaboration with the National Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) in commemoration of World Tuberculosis Day, held a road walk in Abuja to raise awareness about Tuberculosis. The road walk was the last of a weeklong activities planned for the event, which started […]
ARFH Convened Stakeholders Meeting to Improve Community-Facility Health Referral Systems in Nigeria
Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) organized a stakeholders’ meeting on 15th April, 2016 in Abuja, to build consensus for the rapid assessment of community-facility health referral systems in Nigeria. At the meeting, which held at Ayalla Hotels, the Monitoring and Evaluation coordinator, ARFH, Dr Abiodun Hassan presented an overview of the concept paper […]
ARFH Collaborates With National TB and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) To Commemorate 2015 World TB Day
As part of efforts to draw global attention to the health problem, March 24th is celebrated every year as the World Tuberculosis Day and the day is designed to build public awareness about tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. Association for Reproductive and Family Health collaborated with the Federal Ministry of Health and […]
Nigerian Government launches National Strategic Plan on Tuberculosis Control for 2015-2020
The Federal Ministry of Health has launched the National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis (TB) Control, 2015-2020 and the Dissemination of the First National TB Prevalence Survey Report. While delivering his keynote address at the event lately, the Supervising Minister of Health and Minister of State for Health, Khaliru Alhassan (Dr) said that until recently, the […]