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Emergency in Waiting: Ebonyi Primary Health Centres Struggle with Crises

By Ugonma Ogbu When 28-year-old Oluchi Nworie arrived at Agbaja Unuhu Health Centre in Ebonyi State, she was in the middle of a high-risk labour. The Community Health Extension Worker (CHEW) on duty checked her pulse, tried to stop the bleeding, and urged her family to arrange transport to the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA). With no ambulance in sight, …

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Countering Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: A UN Priority, Nigeria’s Fight

By Blessing Osemobor On February 11, 2025, I stood before a hall filled with Mass Communication students at Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Lagos, discussing a topic that many of them had never heard before: Misogyny and Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV). As I spoke about how online spaces have become a breeding ground for misogyny, harassment, and violence against women, …

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Current State of Malnutrition in Nigeria: Role of Lagos Food Bank Initiative in Tackling Malnutrition

The current state of malnutrition in Nigeria has wide-reaching consequences, affecting both the nation’s future development and the well-being of vulnerable populations, particularly children, pregnant women, and the elderly. Malnutrition, often referred to as a silent killer, contributes to a reduction in life expectancy for both adults and children in Nigeria. According to UNICEF, malnutrition is responsible for the daily …

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Tobacco Industry’s Deadly, Discredited ‘Harm Reduction’ Trick

By Robert Egbe Despite the millions of people its products kill every year, and the thousands more whose health is destroyed, the tobacco industry is aggressively lobbying governments and the public to embrace newer kinds of harmful tobacco products that it presents as “less harmful” or “safer” than traditional tobacco use. According to the World Health Organisation, the industry is …

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