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One Million More Midwives: The Smartest Investment for Safer Births in a Shrinking Aid Landscape

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World Suicide Prevention Day 2023: Creating Hope Through Action

Kenneth Ibe and Samuel Gada (Lead Writers) In a video that went viral on social media recently, a Lagos socialite known as Mrs Salome* parked her SUV on the ever-busy Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State and made an apparent attempt to jump into the lagoon. Fortunately, swift intervention from passers-by prevented her attempted suicide. […]

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“No be for Naija, We Love Life”: Demystifying Depression in Nigeria

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Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership piece comes from Dr. Mike Adeyemi Lawal, he is a physician with experience in Global health, operational research and advocacy. He demystifies the misconceptions that many Nigerians have about depression through a simple question and answer format and reminds us all that depression “no dey show for face.”  End […]

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Nigerian Youth Suicides: A call for holistic reforms

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In May, Sahara Reporters in an article told the tragic story of a promising 400 level University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) student Chukwuemeka Akachi, who had taken his own life after leaving a suicide note on a social media channel. A budding poet, his social media posts appeared to indicate that he had been facing […]

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Mental Health: The danger of Nigeria’s single story

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Editor’s Note: This week’s Thought Leadership Article on Health was written by Dr Ukwuori-Gisela Kalu, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and advocate for better mental health services in Nigeria. She writes about the sparse availability of mental health services, personnel and institutions in the country, discusses why this is so, and points out the slow but […]

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The tricky mask of depression and the culture of denial in Nigeria

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Editor’s Note: This week our Thought Leadership Article beams a spotlight on the invisible but alarming disease of depression in Nigeria. Dr. Mona-Lisa Kwentoh is a Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK National Health Service. She writes candidly about how depression hides under smiles and pain, and touches on the reluctance of Nigerian culture to accept […]

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