Severe acute malnutrition has continued to ravage children in conflict settings, such as Borno State in North East, Nigeria, as well as Hajjah and Hodeida governorates in Yemen. In some cases, children under five, who were treated and discharged from…
Despite the huge availability of vitamin-enriched and energy-boosting food supplements known as ready-to-use therapeutic food specially designed to address acute malnutrition, many children suffering from the case don’t have access to it. This is against the backdrop of brazen illegal…
Lokoja resident, Hassan, 41, was hospitalized after taking few tablets from a pack of food supplements he had ordered via the internet. He purchased it following adverts he had seen on the social media that the food supplement helped in…
Accessing basic healthcare comes with a great cost for residents of Hungu, a village in Kano State, as they make do with a dilapidated primary health care centre with inadequate facilities. Hungu is a farming community with thousands of inhabitants.…
Many patients are losing their lives in hospitals because they cannot afford medical oxygen, investigation by Daily Trust Saturday revealed. Patients with certain complications like acute pneumonia, COVID—19, heart disease among others sometimes require the support of medical oxygen to…
Patients and caregivers at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) have described the recent electricity blackout in the hospital as very pathetic as the problem lingers. Despite generating millions of Naira in revenue, the situation in the hospital, according to some…
The Daily Trust Foundation, with support from MacArthur Foundation, has conducted a workshop on Fact-Checking and Verification. The workshop, which held at the Daily Trust Foundation Training Hall, began on Monday, May 24, 2021, and ended on Wednesday, May 26,…
The Daily Trust Foundation, with support from MacArthur Foundation, has organized a three-day workshop on multi-media reporting. The workshop held at the Daily Trust Foundation Training Hall from Monday, March 29, 2021 to Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The workshop was…
Elderly people in villages across the country have called on the federal government to give them special consideration in accessing the COVID-19 vaccine because of their vulnerability. Some of them said besides being very old, they had underlying illnesses like…
In the midst of the second wave of COVID-19, universities and other tertiary institutions resumed after months of closure. Authorities have tried to meet up with health protocols to ensure safety, but staff and students find it difficult to comply…
