THE Lagos State Government on Monday commenced the first round of the 2026 Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (MNCAH+N) Week, urging residents to embrace preventive healthcare and avoid unqualified healthcare providers.
The exercise, which will run from July 20 to 24, will provide free healthcare services at all public primary healthcare centres and designated outreach sites across the state.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Secretariat, the First Lady of Lagos State, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, represented by the wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs Oluremi Hamzat, described the programme as a strategic intervention aimed at improving the health of mothers, children, adolescents and families.
She said residents would benefit from free services including Vitamin A supplementation, deworming, routine immunisation, antenatal and postnatal care, family planning, nutrition counselling, tuberculosis screening, HIV counselling and testing, growth monitoring and health education.
The First Lady also expressed
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