Health
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Timidi Digha-Omolere: Why Women Still Ignore Ondo State Government’s Ban On Traditional Birth Attendants
Dec 15, 2014I have always been intrigued by the concept of Traditional Birth Attendants ; in fact out of curiosity I once attended their antenatal classes a few times during one of my pregnancies. I have also added... -
Africa: US $35 Million Grant From King Abdallah Of Saudi Arabia To Fight Ebola In West Africa
Dec 11, 2014The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has extended a grant of US$35 million to help fight Ebola in West Africa. In a statement to the media on this... -
Ebola: Ask your questions LIVE to the Minister of Information and Communications of Sierra Leone
Dec 11, 2014The Minister of Information and Communications of Sierra Leone, Alpha Kanu, will host an online press conference Thursday, December 11, at 15 GMT It is now seven months since Sierra Leone recorded the first case of... -
A Man’s Perspective: Women And Girls Deserve Equal Right To Education [#Choice4Life]
Dec 11, 2014By Olumide Idowu @OlumideIDOWU, #Choice4Life Advocate The #16DaysofActivism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign that starts on 25th November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day.... -
Nigeria Remains An Ebola Conscious Country [Photo]
Dec 5, 2014Ebola free Nigeria remains an Ebola conscious Nigeria. Structures have been and are being put together by the government of Nigeria to ensure that Nigeria that was once free from Ebola remains forever free. Picture shows... -
We Agree: There Is A Need To Include Rural Women In Cancer Awareness Campaign
Dec 4, 2014“…I think we should also try and reach out to women who are in the rural areas as I think we shouldn’t forget them because the women who are in the city tend to get a... -
Where We Are: 30 Years Since Kenya Documented The First HIV…
Dec 1, 2014By Catherine Nyambura Change is said to be the only permanent thing in the world. It comes in many forms and we have learnt to deal with it. However, when the HIV epidemic hit, the world... -
Limbless Kids Tell Tales Of Loss, Agony And Hope
Nov 29, 2014They are like child soldiers carrying wounds that bore fatal remembrance of a distress battle they had gone through. Hannah Ojo tells their stories of agony. What makes Medinat Jimoh different from other babies? It... -
Third Nigeria Family Planning Conference: Youths Demand For Inclusion In Policy Making
Nov 28, 2014Youth advocates at the 3rd Nigeria Family Planning Conference have demanded that they should be included in policy making and be allowed to plan their future since they constitute larger percentage of the sexual reproductive age.... -
Japan Equips 10 Primary Health Care Centres (PHC) in Lagos
Nov 26, 2014By David Lawal In support of the efforts of Lagos State Government to reduce the shocking rate of maternal and child mortality in the state, the government of Japan in partnership with Biire Child and Maternal...