Jayne Whyte's Portfolio

I was at the 55th National Council on Health Meeting on Thursday, though it wasn’t easy getting into the venue of the meeting (I almost cried)…… I had heard about the meeting and really wanted to be part of it but I didn’t have an invite after much pleading and explaining that I worked with a…

An armed gang raped women in a brutal attack on a youth camp just outside Mexico City, state prosecutors said. About 90 youths were camped out there and local media said the victims belonged to a church group.The Mexican daily, Reforma reported that the gang raped seven young women before leaving in two stolen vehicles.In a report…

The International Partnership for Microbicides and Women Deliver invite you to an interactive dialogue at AIDS 2012 about the essential links between HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health programs. Global leaders, advocates and practitioners will discuss lessons learned, ongoing research and the path forward for integrated reproductive health and HIV services and programs to improve the health and…

This is the event of the month……The World Bank Youth Forum Event is tomorrow. The World Bank Youth Forum in its July meeting will meet with the Senior Health Specialist of the World Bank who would  share World Bank’s new approach on results based financing for service delivery in the health sector in Nigeria. The…

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will, this morning, swear in the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)-designate, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukthar, as the 13th indigenous and first female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr Sunday Olorundahunsi, confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune that the swearing-in was scheduled for today. The Senate, last week…

An eighty year old man, Mallam Uba Abdulsalam wedded a seventy year old woman, Hajiya Amina Usman on Sunday in Kano State. The couple were part of the second batch of 250 couples wedded according to the Islamic rites under the Kano state marriage sponsored scheme. The new bridegroom, who smiled throughout the ceremony expressed delight…

A young man, Mr. Lawrence Ette, has been accused of stoning his 23-year-old girlfriend, Miss Rosaline Christopher, to death. The tragedy was said to have occurred penultimate Sunday at 13, Academy Street, Calabar, Cross River State. An eyewitness, who is the landlady of the deceased, Miss Dorothy Bassey, said Rosaline had a brawl with her…

FAMILY PLANNING SUMMIT LONDON The Government of Nigeria commits to increasing contraception prevalence rate to 38% by 2018 as part of Nigeria’s commitment to save 100 million lives by 2018. The Government of Nigeria will increase spending from US $3 million annually to $ 8.5 million- a total of $33.4 million on family planning services by…

This is my first post on ‘Thankful Thursday’.It’s amazing how time flies. The other day as a child, I was cooking vegetable soup in a rusted tin tomato tin and had sand as eba and grasses as vegetables and now I cook real meals, the kind you eat and will almost eat your fingers  in…

On World Population Day, which is today (Happy World Population Day!!!) July 11, 2012, the U.K. Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will host the ground breaking London Summit on Family Planning. The summit calls for unprecedented international political commitment and resources to transform the lives of millions of women and girls  in the…