Health
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INSTRUMENTALIZATION AND HOW FAR WE HAVE TAKEN IT
May 11, 2015Smart economics, participation in the labour force and an accelerated development trajectory is a very compelling narrative put forward to justify why governments, should invest in women, girls and young people. The same arguments have been... -
International Day Of The Midwife: How Trained Community Extension Workers Can Reduce Maternal Mortality
May 5, 2015Mrs. Hannatu Paul, a midwife working at General hospital, Sabon/Tasha, Kaduna, says midwifery is an important role any society must not ignore. “I am the happiest woman being a midwife,” Throughout her profession as a midwife, she... -
Lessons from the 48th session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD48)
May 5, 2015So a fortnight agoo nations of the world trooped to the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the forty eight session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. Since the landmark 1994 International... -
Rural Reporters Top Pick: Slums, Child-Bride And the Rest of Us
May 4, 2015It’s the beginning of a new week and as part of our tradition, Rural Reporters collates a weekly report on development in rural Africa and its environs. The reports include are some of our top picks... -
United States Leads Efforts to Improve potable Water
May 1, 2015Ebonyi, Nigeria – This week, in response to the problem of access to potable water for millions of people in Rivers and Ebonyi states, the United States Government in partnership with the Rivers State Ministry of... -
Sen. Tinubu Congratulate Workers
May 1, 2015Lawmaker representating Lagos Central at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has urged workers to be hopeful of improved welfare and adequate protection against industrial hazards. Senator Tinubu stated this in a... -
My Experience With A Child-Bride
Apr 29, 2015“Sunnana Balira, ni sabowar amayar cha,ama ban san shakaruna ba,ni kam ko makaranta, ko kuwa aura duk wanda an yi mi, zan karba,” Balira said in Hausa. This means, “my name is Balira, I am newly wedded... -
Junior Doctors of Africa Condemns Xenophobic attacks In South Africa
Apr 20, 2015The Junior Doctors of Africa (JDA), a representative body that unites Junior Doctors in over 35 countries in Africa with diverse cultural, religious, social, economic and political backgrounds, has condemned the recent xenophobic attacks in South... -
Why Young People Need Access To Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Apr 10, 2015Young people have continued to bear the brunt of challenges facing the globe today. Be it unemployment, poverty, insecurity, lifestyle diseases among others. But none has been more pronounced like the reproductive health challenges. That the... -
Maternal health and access to SRHR in Kenya
Apr 8, 2015When assessing the progress made and achievements realized with the implementation of the MDGs, one thing is clear, as we strive to catch up with the MDG momentum, maternal health is not one of those achievements....