Sheikh, the immediate past President, Association of Psychiatrists of Nigeria (APN), gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos Tuesday.
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Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a visit to Kaduna, Muhammad stated that the association received cases on daily basis, adding, however, that most of them got withdrawn before they could reach the court.
The Legal Director of the organisation, Babatunde Ogala (SAN), said this in a statement he issued on Monday.
Studies have revealed that over 19 per cent of adults struggle with their mental health every year.
Nwokwu, a consultant at the National Cancer Control Programme of the Ministry of Health, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday that cancer could start from any part of the body and its complications could affect the heart “but it can’t start from the heart.”
Speaking on her experience with stigmatisation emanating from her HIV status, the activist shared how emotionally toxic the relationship between people living with HIV and public health care providers remains in Nigeria.
A statement issued by Gabriel Odu of the Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit of NIDCOM quoted the Chairman /CEO, NIDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as saying this on Wednesday.
The piece of legislation, titled: “Rape and Insurgency Victims Stigmatisation (Prohibition) Bill 2019,” was sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani Musa (Niger East)
The Network of People living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria has said the comment by the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on HIV/AIDS is a complete violation of the anti-stigmatisation and discrimination law of 2014.
As the world marks Autism Awareness Day, Guaranty Trust Bank is calling on members of the public to speak up against the stigmatisation of people living with Autism and other developmental disorders.
Twenty four traditional rulers in Oguta Local Government of Imo have endorsed abolishing the Osu caste system, to free affected people from stigmatisation.
Seventeen-year-old Ayo Adewemimo was diagnosed of sickle cell anaemia at about age two. The first of three children – all boys – of Hakeem and Gbolabo Adewemimo, Ayo had all the care possible from his parents and medical personnel and coped with the challenges of being a sickle cell patient.