World Breastfeeding Week (2023) concludes today, marking the end of a week dedicated to promoting and supporting breastfeeding. For Zainab Orume, a working parent, the journey of balancing her career and nurturing her child has been both challenging and rewarding. The busy Youth Leader with the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) …
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“Time to Deliver Zero Malaria: Invest, Innovate, Implement”, and the call to action is “Act Now”. It is no more news that malaria is a significant public health disease globally with notable endemicity in Sub-Saharan Africa including our dear country, Nigeria. Research shows that malaria accounted for 247 million clinical episodes and 619,000 deaths globally …
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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