First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called on traditional rulers across the country to lend their voices and influence ...

Speaking in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital in a meeting with traditional rulers, Senator Tinubu urged traditional rulers to play their part in sensitising the ...

Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called on traditional rulers across the country to support efforts aimed at ...

Healthcare professionals should not perform female genital mutilation (FGM) as this legitimises the practice and hampers efforts to end it, the World Health Organization has said in new guidance.1 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced agency plans to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in an effort aimed ...

WHO issues new recommendations to end the rise in “medicalized” female genital mutilation and support survivors: Geneva Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 15:00 Hrs [IST] Urgent measure ...

Female genital mutilation (FGM) became less common globally, but when it did occur, it was increasingly carried out by ...

Traditionally carried out by traditional practitioners, FGM is now alarmingly being performed by trained health professionals in several countries.

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming less common worldwide, but when it does occur, it is increasingly performed by professional healthcare workers, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has adopted measures “to curtail rising medicalisation of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)” and to engage health workers to prevent the practice. The global health ...