Health
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Doctors Without Borders: Governments at UN Must Address Severe Lack of HIV Treatment Access in West and Central Africa During High-Level Meeting
Jun 7, 2016Ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS this week (June 8-10), the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) commended governments for deliberating a critical goal that 30 million people should be... -
YOUNG FEMINISTS BLOG SERIES ON #WHATWOMENWANT Featuring Chelsie France
Jun 1, 2016Responses By Chelsie France from Guyana #WhatWomenWant campaign is a collaborative effort launched by the ATHENA network. The Campaign aims to engage activists and advocates in women’s civil society & feminist organizations to contribute towards renewed... -
YOUNG FEMINISTS BLOG SERIES ON #WhatWomenWant Featuring Nyasha Sithole
May 31, 2016Responses by Nyasha Sithole- Zimbabwe #WhatWomenWant campaign is a collaborative effort launched by the ATHENA network. The Campaign aims to engage activists and advocates in women’s civil society & feminist organizations to contribute towards renewed leadership... -
Toyin Saraki speaks at Women Deliver on How to Empower Women and Girls across the World
May 24, 2016Last week, H.E. Mrs Toyin Saraki, Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), took part in the Women Deliver conference in Copenhagen. The conference brought together non-governmental organisations, policymakers, private sector business leaders, and women from... -
A Silver lining amid drought in Zimbabwe
May 23, 2016By Andrew Mambondiyani Joyleen Simango was smiling from ear to ear. But such broad smiles are currently rare in this part of Manicaland province east of Zimbabwe where the El Nino induced has brought untold suffering... -
Toyin Saraki’s Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Partners UNFPA, Academic Institutions. To Bring International Confederation Of Midwives Midwifery Services Framework To Heart Of Nigeria’s Midwives And Nursing Profession.
May 6, 2016The Wellbeing Foundation Africa marked the International Day of the Midwife, with the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), UNFPA, the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), GE Healthcare, Access Bank, the Liverpool School of... -
WAVA: Why Nigeria Should Restore Immunisation Funds in 2016 Budget
Apr 15, 2016WAVA, a coalition of over twenty women-focused and women-led organisation advocating for sustainable immunization financing to ensure uninterrupted and equitable access to immunization in Nigeria has kicked against the non-approval of the budgetary proposal for polio... -
THE TALE OF MATERNAL HEALTH RIGHTS….#INTLMHDAY
Apr 11, 2016Most of the times we see women pregnant and depending on our relations with them, we either clap, we buy gifts, organize surprise baby showers and all manner of celebratory gestures. But for the most part,... -
Nigeria: Is Medical Tourism Ending Anytime Soon?
Apr 10, 2016By Laz Ude Eze George Egbuchulam was a socially active and intelligent young man. I don’t know him personally but a number of my trusted friends who knew him gave a very good account of him.... -
Why the Fuss About Gender Equality?
Mar 20, 2016By Laz Ude Eze Seven years ago while on call duty at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, I had a female patient referred from a general hospital on account of poor progress in labour....