Health
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SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SHORT SKIRT, SHE WAS DRUNK, IT WAS LATE, IS THAT ALL?? CERTAINLY NOT!!!
Mar 28, 2015The rots in our society Is a reflection of who we are as people, the values we nurture and the things we hold dear. Unfortunately women and girls continue to bear the brunt of societal... -
Kenya: ‘Half’ society or No society?
Mar 18, 2015If there’s any debate that is not ending anytime soon, it is the plan to provide condoms to school going children. The debate that was thought to have died a natural death after the forced exit... -
Infographic: Nigeria Struggles To Care For Its Adolescents Living With HIV
Mar 3, 2015Nigeria Struggles to care for its adolescents living with HIV | Create infographics...Read More -
MSF Launches Global Women’s Health Multimedia Feature
Mar 3, 2015Because Tomorrow Needs Her bears witness to the barriers that women and girls face in seeking essential medical care in many communities where MSF works, whether they are due to poverty, conflict or cultural norms. In advance of International... -
Leave No one Behind: Will African women be “left behind” in the Post-2015?
Mar 2, 2015By Catherine Nyambura and Lennox Yieke There are two separate narratives running in parallel in Africa today. On one hand, the continent is firmly wedged in the middle of a great reawakening. The Continent continues... -
Increased Focus on Sex Promotes Education, Contraceptive Sales on Valentine’s Day
Feb 14, 2015Jide Odi, 27, a graduate from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, says Valentine’s Day usually leads to an increase in sexual activity. “People say Valentine’s Day is a time for couples in a relationship to actually have unlimited... -
Kenya: Cancer Has Stolen Too Much To Be Ignored
Feb 6, 2015It creeps stealthily and menacingly; it devours and ravages and then without any shred of tenderness, boldly announces itself to the patient, most of the times a little too late. In the hullabaloo about terror, HIV/AIDS,... -
To end FGM we need to stop playing with words!
Feb 5, 2015On every 6 February I join millions in denouncing all forms of female genital mutilation and calling for its end, zero tolerance and redress for victims. But for our fight against FGM to succeed we need... -
STRATEGIZING GLOBALLY TO ENSURE SEXUAL AND RERODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS (SRHR) STRONGLY FEATURES IN THE POST2015 FRAMEWORK.
Feb 1, 2015The UNFPA has for long established itself as a leader in advocating for SRHR, from 1994 since the adoption of the landmark ICPD Program of Action by 179 governments. UNFPA continues to lead the process of... -
Rotary Donates USD8.1m To End Polio In Nigeria
Jan 30, 2015As Nigeria mark six months without a new polio case, the Rotary International has donated USD8.1 million in grant to help the country end its final war against polio within her borders. The World Health Organization...