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  • 2012-01-23 13:18

    The Executive Director, On behalf of the Board of Trustees, Associates and Staff of The Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) cordially invites the general public to the 9th Annual Professor James Ogonor Memorial Lecture.

    Title : “PROSPECTS FOR A MALARIA VACCINE”
    Guest Lecturer : PROFESSOR P. O. UADIA, Professor of Biochemistry...

  • 2011-12-21 16:09

    The T.Y. Danjuma Foundation is a private grant-making philanthropic organisation based in Abuja Nigeria whose vision is to controbute to the building of Nigeria where all citizens have access to affordable quality Health care, Education and have equal opportunities to realise their potential.
     the Foundation recently awarded a grand to WHARC to implement a project to provide free maternity care and prevent maternal mortality in...

  • 2011-12-21 14:25

    Research is an important component in efforts to promote adolescent reproductive health in Nigeria.  This was the view of stakeholders and participants at a research training workshop organized for non-governmental organizations by the Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) in Lagos on Friday, August 27.  WHARC is an NGO...

  • 2011-04-21 10:11

    The Women's Health and Action Research Center (WHARC) and the Ransome-Kuti Family presnents the 6th Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti Lecture and Scientific Dialogue, with Prof. Jackson Omone - Professor of Child Health as guest speaker.

    Title: Reducing Under-5 Mortality in Nigeria - The Way Forward.
    Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
    Venue: Old Great Hall, Lagos...

  • 2011-04-19 12:34

    Applications are hereby invited from suitable qualified candidates for scholarship award under the above-named Trust Fund. The scholarships are meant to assist indigent sons and daughters of Ewu in Esan land Edo State to benefit from University/Polytechnic education. Candidates must be bona fide students of Nigerian universities or polytechnics undergoing approved courses of study in any discipline.

    The scholarship will cover tuition,...

  • 2011-04-19 12:20

    A new chairman of the board of trustees of the women’s health and action research centre (WHARC), Benin City, has Benin appointed. The board, at its recent meeting, ratified the appointment of  Lady (Mrs.) Winifred Osaru ONYEONWU (Née Ayanru) as the new Chairman of the board. She thus replaces the late Dr....

  • 2010-11-23 10:19

    The Women's Health and Action Research Center (WHARC) announces the 3rd Annual safe motherhood lecture and the public presentation of a special edition of the African Journal of Reproductive Health (AJRH) organized by the Women's Health and Action Research Center with collaboration with the Macarthur foundation.

     The objective of the lecture is to create awareness of the high rate of maternal mortality in...

  • 2010-05-17 08:05

    Cancer of the cervix is a nightmare that can be prevented. Every woman especially the sexually active group is at risk. Have a date for Pap smear and go for vaccination. Early presentation should be advocated. Let us together thicken the line against cancer of the cervix and we will win.

    The Women's Health & Action...

  • 2010-04-28 06:40

    The Women's Health and Action Research Center (WHARC) announces the 5th Annual Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti memorial lecture, to be delivered by Dr. Mohammad Pate, the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA). The memorial lecture is organized annually in memory of the late Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, who until his death was Nigeria's foremost Health Minister, and prime mover of the...

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