TorchlightNo More Absence: Abuja NGO works to improve menstrual health for schoolgirls By f5shc September 16, 2019 6 Mins read Sylvia Egar was 13 years old in 2017 when she started her period for the first time. Her mother had never discussed… Read more
MNCHTorchlightMamacare: Using health education to improve maternal and child health in Lagos State. By f5shc August 27, 2019 6 Mins read Lagos Island Maternity Hospital is one of the best known public health facilities in Lagos, which has for many years, served communities… Read more
PHCTorchlightOloibiri to Abuja: Sustainable People-centered investments in primary and tertiary care By f5shc August 20, 2019 8 Mins read A blue Toyota Corolla pulled to a stop inside the hospital premises and a middle-aged woman helped a frail young boy into… Read more
MNCHTorchlightReducing maternal deaths: How one NGO is changing the narrative for new mothers in Ebonyi State By f5shc August 12, 2019 6 Mins read Lead Writers: Ugonna Ofonagoro, Michael Atima and McHenry Igwe It was a long drive to get to Odenigbo community in Ikwo Local… Read more
MNCHTorchlightBetween experts and experience: Compassionate advocacy and support for exclusive breastfeeding By f5shc August 5, 2019 7 Mins read These are some of the reasons Nigerian mothers give for why they are unable to exclusively breastfeed their babies in the first… Read more
PHCTorchlightA Tale of Two PHCs in Niger State: Accessing Equitable Healthcare From Beji to Maito By f5shc July 23, 2019 7 Mins read Beji village, Bosso Local Government Area (LGA), in Niger State is an agrarian community, 30 kilometres from the state capital, Minna. Renowned… Read more
MNCHTorchlightA Dual Approach: Tackling Maternal deaths in Southern Nigeria using technology and birth kits By f5shc July 15, 2019 5 Mins read When Abiodun Adereni founded HelpMum two years ago, his dream was to provide basic health information to pregnant women and to help… Read more
PolioTorchlightAll hands on deck in Kano State as Nigeria on track to being declared polio-free By f5shc July 8, 2019 15 Mins read Just five years ago, Kano State was arguably the epicenter of Nigeria’s polio virus epidemic, accounting for over 80% of total cases… Read more
SRHRTorchlightNa we dey shake ground: Kuje's youth run, youth-friendly clinic By f5shc July 3, 2019 1 Mins read Young people make up a significant proportion of Nigeria’s growing population and this demographic dividend could benefit the Nigerian economy if the… Read more
PHCTorchlightCreating a haven for quality primary care in Niger: The Fuka example By f5shc June 24, 2019 6 Mins read On a cold drizzling morning in Fuka village, Munya local government area (LGA), Niger State, three-day-old Oscar has just been bathed and… Read more