Health
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.
Measles outbreak in Borno State is spreading in local government areas
Parents have been warned that the measles outbreak in some local government areas of Borno State, including the capital, Maiduguri and its environs, cannot be cured by concoctions made with traditional herbs and onions.
Patients dying and others’ illnesses worsening as scorching heat and power blackout hit Maiduguri hospitals
The scorching heat – with temperatures hitting between 43°C and 44°C – and the power blackout in Maiduguri are seriously affecting the health of patients in Maiduguri hospitals, where doctors and nurses are struggling to cope and the sick
Major health hazard as at least 48 million Nigerians still defecate in the open
About 48 million Nigerians still defecate in the open and more than 100,000 children under the age of five die each year from diarrhoea, 90% of which is directly attributable to unsafe water and lack of sanitation.
