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By Nigeria Health Watch | December 19, 2024

A Ticking Bomb: The Maternal Health Crisis Unfolding In Benue IDP Camps Needs Urgent Attention

Nurudeen Akewushola (Guest Writer) If life were truly equitable, everyone would have the same opportunities and access to resources, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or beliefs. In Nigeria, this ideal remains far from the reality, particularly in healthcare for pregnant women. While some women have access to quality care that ensures safe pregnancies and deliveries, […]

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NGOs join hands to tackle malnutrition in Benue’s IDP camps

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 25, 2019

The morning sun is rising at Abagana Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Benue state. Eunice Gabriel sits outside a classroom hall, peeling cassava with her neighbours. Each one she peels is dropped inside a container, to be processed. “Sometimes the government feeds us, other times, people come to donate food,” Gabriel, 38, said. “But right […]

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Traditional Birth Attendants: Friend or foe?

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 16, 2018

The young mothers in the community fondly call her “Aunty Dada” Her first attempt at helping a woman deliver a baby was in a forest while escaping from insurgents. She had already seen several pregnant women die in childbirth in the forest and so at that point, she felt she had only two options. She […]

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