Health
Starving children in Borno State try to get vaccinated twice – just to get more noodles
Borno State government, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, hold six-day anti-polio campaign in all 27 local government districts in a concerted effort to keep the state polio-free. To […]
Local humanitarian organisations need urgent funding to stop children from starving to death in northeast Nigeria
Insecurity, poverty, hunger and a lack of funding for local aid agencies are exacerbating the humanitarian crises in vulnerable communities. The number of children suffering from acute malnutrition in Nigeria’s […]
Borno State government health officials warned to take immediate measures to stop outbreak of measles
Displaced women have raised the alarm about an outbreak of measles in camps around Maiduguri and have called on health authorities to help contain the disease. Some internally displaced persons […]
Internally displaced persons fear an outbreak of cholera after the deaths of three children
Healthcare workers say children’s deaths were caused by starvation and malnutrition and deny there is a cholera outbreak at Fariya IDP camp in Jere
Government urged to declare a state of emergency on malaria to fight the world’s ‘deadliest killer’
Borno State health authority admits Tsangaya pupils have been left out of the antimalarial drug campaign and says a plan has been drafted to include them
Cost of medicines must come down to prevent looming ‘health tragedy’ in Nigeria
Lives of ill people are hanging in the balance because they can no longer afford to buy the drugs that help control their life-threatening conditions
Borno State begins door-to-door drugs campaign to eliminate malaria
Health ministry confirms that as many as 500 people in Borno State are diagnosed with malaria every day during the rainy season
Babies suffer from malnutrition because their mothers cannot afford exorbitant price of food
A lactating mother needs nutritious food to produce enough breast milk to feed her newborn – but, with the exorbitant price of food, some mothers are struggling and are feeding their babies pap instead.
Unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions the plight of many internally displaced women
Before the closure of official, state-run internally displaced persons’ camps in Maiduguri, women had easy access to sexual and reproductive health services – now they have to deal with unwanted pregnancies and, often, unsafe abortions.
Missing days at school because of menstruation can have a devastating effect – and often leads to girls dropping out of the education system
Millions of girls across the globe miss school for a week every month because of menstruation.
