Tackle iron deficiency with fortified foods, nutritionists tell Nigerians

Tackle iron deficiency with fortified foods, nutritionists tell Nigerians

Health and nutrition experts have called for urgent action to tackle malnutrition and improve dietary habits across every stage of life, citing iron deficiency, poor food choices, and low nutrition awareness as major threats to public health in Nigeria and across Africa. Speaking at the “Nutrition for All Life Stages Workshop”, an event hosted by

CAPPA Calls For Stronger Health Policies, Increased Funding to Address Nigeria’s Growing Non-Communicable Disease Crisis

On the occasion of World Health Day 2025, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has reiterated its call for governments at all levels to prioritize healthcare funding and adopt healthier food policies. This call is in light of the growing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Nigeria, many of which are linked to unhealthy […]

CAPPA Urges Government to Adopt Robust Healthy Food Policies - AgroNigeria

As the global community marks World Health Day (WHD), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has renewed its call for governments at all levels to prioritise adequate healthcare funding and adopt robust healthy food policies. These steps, CAPPA explained, are critical to reducing Nigerians' exposure to unhealthy diets aggressively promoted by the sugary

Youth advocates urge ad ban in childhood obesity fight - Barbados Today

Youth advocates on Monday marked World Health Day by calling for a ban on the marketing of unhealthy foods to children, urging policymakers to build on recent health initiatives aimed at tackling the nation’s childhood obesity crisis.   In a letter to Suleiman Bulbulia, chair of the National NCD Commission, the youth representatives from the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Barbados Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition praised government po…

Healthcare cleaning: the lifesaving work we must recognise, yet we don't

Healthcare cleaning: the lifesaving work we must recognise, yet we don't Image Meghan Shaw 8 April, 2025 Kelsey Hargreaves, technical manager at BICSc ,explores the urgent need to professionalise cleaning in healthcare, highlighting the unsung heroes who protect patients daily and calling for the respect and recognition they deserveI’ve walked and cleaned the halls of hospitals at all hours – during the 9am rush when patients and visitors floo…

World Health Day: CAPPA Urges Govt To Prioritise Healthcare Funding, Healthy Food Policies – Independent Newspaper Nigeria

In commemoration of the global World Health Day (WHD), the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has renewed its call for governments at all levels to prioritise adequate healthcare funding and the adoption of healthy food policies to curb the exposure of Nigerians to unhealthy diets, which are aggressively promoted by the sugary drinks […]