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… Over 127,000 Pairs of Glasses Distributed Community leaders with VCDF team during SPECS launch in Ndokwa West, LGA, Delta State In a major boost to community healthcare delivery, Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) in partnership with the Delta State Ministry of Health has rolled out free comprehensive eye care services to residents of Ndokwa…
Every dry season, Lassa fever returns, cases rise, people die, the government responds, and the cycle repeats. After more than 50 years the disease was first identified in Nigeria, this is no longer a surprise, it is a failure of prevention. A disease linked to poor sanitation, weak housing, and fragile healthcare systems continues to…
Photo: VCDF team, Representative of Commissioner of Health – Delta State, Traditional Rulers of the Community Many Nigerians continue to suffer from avoidable vision problems, with cataracts and other eye conditions being major causes of preventable blindness. In Delta State, an estimated 50,000 people are living with cataracts, a condition that can be treated through…
Five African countries have hit the 2025 Malaria Reduction Target with Nigeria missing on the list, a survey from Africa Malaria Progress Report 2035 has said. While Cape Verde, Algeria, Botswana, Eritrea, and Rwanda met the 2025 Catalytic Framework target of reducing malaria incidence or deaths by 75 per cent, Nigeria was notably missing from the…
A full ban on the production and retail sale of alcoholic drinks in sachets and containers below 200mlwill protect public health, children, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has said. They warned that failure to do so could worsen public health risks and expose children to alcohol abuse. The group said if the…
In a major boost to voluntary blood donation, Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) and the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) have mobilised 550 pints of blood during a two-day donation drive supported by Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO). Nigeria requires between 1.8 million and 2 million units of blood yearly…
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Lagos State Branch, has deployed 5,346 trained volunteers across the state to drive awareness and demand ahead of the Measles–Rubella (MR) vaccination exercise scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. The large-scale deployment signals the start of an intensive house-to-house Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) campaign aimed…
A clinical audiologist, Dr. Simeon Afolabi, has said that the absence of a sustained newborn hearing screening programme in Nigeria’s public hospitals is contributing to late detection of hearing loss in children, limiting their access to effective treatment. Dr. Afolabi, who works at BSA Hearing and Speech Centre, Lagos, spoke during a cochlear implant information…
Lagos State has taken its drive to strengthen grassroots healthcare delivery to a new level with the conduct of physical interviews for the National Health Fellows (NHF) Programme, Cohort 2.0, aimed at producing a new generation of health system leaders for local government areas. The two-day interview exercise, held on January 12 and 13 at…
With hospitals under pressure from rising emergencies and a fragile blood supply system, the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) has sounded the alarm, mobilising donor advocates, partners and civil society groups to avert a looming blood crisis in the state. At the 2026 Blood Donor Mobiliser Stakeholders’ Engagement held on Wednesday in Alausa, Ikeja,…