Wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki has advocated for better health and gender data collection to allow families and health professionals track the progress of a pregnancy, register birth and record immunisation and health information.
Mrs Saraki, who is the founder and president of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), made the advocacy in a keynote address she delivered at the Cambridge-Africa day hosted by the University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College, United Kingdom.

By Ogoh Alubo

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has threatened to take legal action against the Federal Government for failing to include the provisions of the National Health Act (NHA) in the 2017 budget.

Dr Mike Ogirima, President of the association, hinted at a stakeholders’ advocacy and awareness walk for implementation of provisions of the NHA organised by NMA on Wednesday in Abuja.