Abuja – Every month at the Primary Health Care Centre in Ugbor, Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, in southern Nigeria, mothers gather with their babies for routine immunization and growth monitoring services. Among…
Lire la suiteAbuja – When Dr Divine Igwe, Executive Secretary of Ebonyi State Health Insurance Agency and a representative of the chief executive officers (CEOs) of the participating state social health insurance agencies (SSHIAs), a…
Lire la suiteBenue, When Dooshima, who lives in the Daudu Internally Displaced Persons camp in Benue State, joined a community dialogue on preventing sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, she heard something new.“For the first t…
Lire la suiteAbuja, When a vaccination team arrived in her community in northern Nigeria, Amina Bindawa hesitated. She had heard different stories about vaccines and was unsure what to believe. It was the intervention of a trusted co…
Lire la suiteAbuja – “We want a health system that listens to young people now, not later,” said Dr Muhammad Jafar, a young medical doctor with the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, as he addressed participants at the United Nat…
Lire la suiteBenin City, Mrs Ann Obehi Ojugo moved slowly to the front of the room. She paused before speaking.“I was just a child when I fell sick,” she said. “My parents did not know about immunization. By the time help came, it wa…
Lire la suiteYola, Aisha Ibrahim watched her 18-month-old son, Dauda, play outside their home in Maliki 2 settlement, Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Just weeks earlier, he had become weak, lost weight and stopped…
Lire la suiteAbuja – At the United Nations (UN) offices in Abuja, a small line of staff waited quietly. Some checked their phones. Others talked softly. One by one, they rolled up their sleeves to donate blood. They did not know who …
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