Nigeria’s worrisome emergency response and the need to look beyond infectious diseases
Nigeria has an impressive emergency response for disease outbreaks but victims of road accidents and other emergencies are at the...
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We’ve not done much on female genital mutilation
In the year 2019, I had the most shocking revelation about female genital mutilation (FGM) and it all started when...
Read moreNigeria’s silent Rhesus factor incompatibility crisis
It is happening again to my daughter. I had eight miscarriages during my time. I eventually gave up on trying...
Read moreThe heavy burden of living with disability in Nigeria
Banks are sacking disabled employees because the entrance is too narrow while the society believes people with disability don't need...
Read moreNigeria: MoU signed to expand family planning access in Oyo state
Even though Family planning is a key factor in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, Nigeria still have a long way to...
Read moreHow I got HIV through unsafe abortion
I was totally against family planning because of the fear of infertility but I followed my friends to a place...
Read moreWHO confirms yellow fever outbreak in Congo
International emergency response plan is currently underway to address the yellow fever outbreak in Congo On 5 July 2018, a...
Read moreThis couple does not want the baby, but the law prohibits abortion
Elective abortion remains illegal in Nigeria. This is one of the several stories that touch While the law is clear,...
Read moreWhy Nigeria still delivers thousands of HIV-positive babies annually
She knew she had HIV yet she went to a birth attendant during labor. Now her baby is HIV-positive. He...
Read moreDiarrhoea, breastfeeding and underfive mortality in Nigeria
There is a strong linkage connecting diarhhoea, breastfeeding and underfive deaths in Nigeria Watching from afar, Layi’s mother takes him...
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