Down Syndrome News

Down Syndrome Foundation Nigeria (DSFN) has advocated the inclusion of persons with Down Syndrome in decision-making in the society. The Foundation in partnership with Down Syndrome International and other stakeholders…

By Yusuf Akinlotan Down Syndrome Foundation, Nigeria (DSFN) has advocated inclusive employment policy for people with intellectual disabilities in Nigeria. The Foundation on Thursday in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, made…

A child health expert, Dr Cecilia Ojukwu, has urged parents and caregivers to show adequate care and love to children living with Down syndrome. Ojukwu, a paediatrician working with the…

By Kingsley Alumona The Winford Centre for children and women and stakeholders in the education sector have advocated the adoption of multi-sectoral, culturally relevant and collaborative approaches in addressing the…

Rivers State Government has hailed the Founder and President of Omega Power Ministry (OPM) Foundation, Apostle Chibuzo Chinyere, for giving hope of a better future to the poor and downtrodden.…

By Thelma Chioma Abeku I had a conversation with a mother whose son was born with Down syndrome and one of her greatest challenges was “people’s insensitivity to her plight…

Nigeria on Monday joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2022 World Down Syndrome Day, with the theme “Significance and what is the genetic condition”. World Health Organisation…

Women who conceive pregnancies after the age of 35 years stand the risk of being delivered of babies with Down syndrome, a speech therapist, Maryam Ibrahim-Maifada, has said. “The older…

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, Godwin Akpan, for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 20-year-old girl with Down’s syndrome. The victim was reportedly…

By Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe A caregiver to people living with Down Syndrome, Kabiru Wasiu, was on Tuesday arraigned before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for allegedly defiling a…