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Reflections on International Men’s Day

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News: To commemorate International Men’s Day, the Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI) celebrated men’s resilience and positive contributions by hosting an in-house well-being session for male colleagues. In this unique gathering, CCSI acknowledged the efforts of our colleagues who serve as fathers, brothers, friends, and mentors, shaping societies, communities, families, unions, marriages, and […]

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World Toilet Day: Accelerating Commitments Towards the Provision of Hygiene Facilities

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Of all days to remember and commemorate, why should anyone care about toilets?   For thousands of years, man has devised crude ways to go about his business in very unlikely places. In fact, many Nigerians have mastered the art and act of taking strategic positions when evacuating their bowels. Some of the usual locations

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World Food Day: Promoting the Consumption, Production of Nutrient-Enriched Staples

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Encouraging farmers, and workers to eat, produce nutrient-enriched staple foods   Malnutrition is an agelong health, social and economic problem, not only in Nigeria, but in Sub-Saharan Africa and the world at large. While it has different manifestations, including wasting, stunting and underweight in children, and underweight and obesity in adults, it is further worsened

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World Breastfeeding Week: Role of Faith Leaders in Nigeria

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  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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If You Act Now, Ending Malaria is Possible

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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

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