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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched RenewHER, a Presidential Women’s Health Transformation Initiative, designed to drastically reduce maternal mortality and improve women’s well-being across Nigeria. The programme was unveiled on Thursday night at a Gala and Awards ceremony held at the State House, Abuja. Vice President Kashim Shettima represented the President at the event. Tinubu …

For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed underweight as the most prevalent form of malnutrition among school-aged children and adolescents worldwide. One in 10 children, or 188 million, now live with obesity, UNICEF revealed in its latest report, titled "Feeding Profit: How Food Environments are Failing Children." The surge in childhood obesity is …

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