Background Voluntary FP is one of the most important health measures a couple and a nation can practice to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. The prevention of unwanted pregnancies and spacing of births by at least two years…
Nigerian economic environment: The 2019 Budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria was presented to the National Assembly by the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on December 19, 2018. The Budget was prepared on some key assumptions, which form key performance…
From the 17th-18th June 2019, the Initiative for Integrated Grassroot Empowerment & Support (IIGES-PACFaH@Scale) visited 255 primary healthcare facilities to determine the status (spot check) of completion of renovation/rehabilitation embarked upon by the Kaduna State Government in 2017 . Click…
Coalition of CSO working under the PAS pays Advocacy visit to Permanent Secretary, Lagos state ministry of health, Dr. Titilayo Goncalves to press for increased funding to the health Sector, especially with respect to family planning and routine immunisation.
The sum of N30 million has been appropriated for Family Planning services for the 2019 fiscal year in Taraba State. Despite the good news, no releases have so far been made under that Subhead for disbursement to the relevant MDAs for Family Planning activities. This is to say that the Advocacy Core Group still has the onerous task of following up the relevant government bodies to ensure that releases are made from the budgeted funds to the relevant organs of government as and when due.
On the 19th of July 2019, The Academy for Health Development (AHEAD -PAS) with support from dRPC-PAS, Paaneah Foundation and the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan organised the 1st annual national reproductive health legacy forum, in honour of late Prof Babatunde Osotimehin, at the Otunba Subomi Balogun Conference Centre-University of Ibadan in Oyo state.
The PAS project through one of her implementing partner South Saharan Development Organization (SSDO-PAS) sponsored Anambra and Enugu States to attend the International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM) 5th International Conference on Public Health 2019 which held on 10th-13th July 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
