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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There is so much that a people can do together, especially when they all commit to fighting a common cause that threatens to blur the vision of their future, just like trachoma threatens the people of Gande Community in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Imam Faruku’s duties as the Chief Imam in Gande …
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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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In an ongoing Social Behavior Change (SBC) campaign on Nutrition, Religious leaders in the country are set to support programs that will encourage the improvement of Maternal and Infant Young Child Nutrition indices in the country. Islamic and Christian Faith leaders made this commitment during an advocacy visit by the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria …
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On this World Bank-supported Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) project, religious leaders from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) have promised to give their support and influence to meet the set goals on Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) around maternal, infants and young child nutrition. The ANRiN project …
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