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Fagbemi calls for improved access to healthcare for women and girls

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The Federal government has been urged to scale up efforts at ensuring more Nigerian women and girls have improved access to healthcare services especially those in rural and hard-to-reach communities and those living with disabilities. The Executive Director, Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), Babafunke Fagbemi made the call in Abuja at the Voices for Women’s Health stakeholder […]

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Access to water is important in eradicating trachoma.

Wanke, Hannu, Da Fuska: How Yobe community is stopping Trachoma

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Through a Social Behaviour Change Communication campaign, communities in Gashua, Bade local government area of Yobe state are creating awareness on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) to stop the trachoma epidemic. Early one morning in January 2023, the women of Lawan Fannami community in Gashua, in Bade local government area of Yobe state gathered to

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Women’s Day: Equity Is Not Just Nice-To-Have, It’s A Must-Have

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t is International Women’s Day (IWD), one of the globally recognized opportunities to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, while making a universal call to action to strengthen efforts to support gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. The theme for the 2023 commemoration by the United Nations is

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Hormonal-IUD Introduction and Scale UP (H.I.S) family planning project in Nigeria

Family Planning: Why Hormonal-IUD is the game changer

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The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) says it is ready to expand the family planning method mix available for Nigerians with the introduction of the Hormonal-IUD Introduction and Scale-Up (H.I.S) Project. Recently, stakeholders met to design social behavior communication strategy for the campaign in Abuja. For the next 12 months, at least 36,000 women and

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