ShareWomen and girls in Nigeria have been advised to adopt the use of menstrual cups instead of the regular tampons and pads in tackling their menstrual periods. This was the main thrust at a campus ‘Zero Waste Periods’ symposium organised for students at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Abuja,Continue Reading
Share For millions of Nigerian girls, menstruation remains more than a monthly biological reality; it is a silent struggle shaped by poverty, stigma and poor access to basic sanitation facilities. From rural communities where girls improvise with old rags and foam, to schools lacking functional toilets and water supply, theContinue Reading
ShareOngoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country was at the centre of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” with the Ebola outbreakContinue Reading
Share The military governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, has likened the struggle to contain the spread of the virus to a “war” for which they are lacking resources to fight. “People in affected areas are not receiving enough food,”Continue Reading
Share Three Red Cross volunteers died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from suspected Ebola likely caught while managing dead bodies, the organisation has said. They are believed to have contracted Ebola on 27 March while working in the eastern region of Ituri on a project unrelated to the virus,Continue Reading
ShareAn angry crowd set alight a section of a hospital at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after family and friends of a young man thought to have died from the virus were prevented from taking his body away for burial. “They startedContinue Reading
ShareAt least 100 deaths have been reported in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with more than 390 cases suspected, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has told the BBC. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the outbreak an international emergency.Continue Reading
ShareBauchi State Government in collaboration with WaterAid Nigeria and funding from, Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF), has flagged off open defection free campaign and ending cholera advocacy in the State. The flaging off ceremony was held at the Palace of the Emirs of Misau and Jama’are as well as thatContinue Reading
ShareNNPC Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of NNPC Ltd., has commissioned and handed over a fully installed 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) System to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra State. The intervention, which is in furtherance of NNPC Ltd’s commitment to improving healthcareContinue Reading
ShareAfrica’s top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province. Around 246 cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in the gold-mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara, said the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Its statement onContinue Reading