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 …
Wanke, Hannu, Da Fuska: How Yobe community is stopping Trachoma Read More »
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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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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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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