Katsina State

Katsina records 340 maternal deaths annually; Daura tops chart – Report

Thursday, December 21, 2017

No fewer than 340 women of reproductive age die from maternal deaths in Katsina State annually, 25 less than the 365 recorded in 2016 in the state, with Daura Local Government recording the highest— 54 deaths.

NGO recruits 2,208 workers on child spacing

AFRH Logo (Courtesy afrhnigeria.org)
Thursday, December 15, 2016

A Non-Governmental- Organisation (NGO), Association for Reproductive and Family Health (AFRH), yesterday said it has recruited 2, 208 community-based distribution agents across the four focal states of Kebbi, Zamfara, Jigawa and Katsina to sensitise husbands and mothers on the benefits of child spacing.
 

Encounter With Malnourished Children Of Katsina

Sunday, November 6, 2016

The visit by civil society activist and journalists to an outpatient therapeutic point where malnourished children from Katsina state and neighbouring Niger Republic are receiving treatment further exposes the enormity of challenges ahead as far as combating malnutrition is concerned, ANDY ASEMOTA writes