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25% of Nigerian Boys & Men Say It’s Ok to Beat a Woman And More Stories in this Radiant Weekly News Roundup
Will Midwifery Change in Nigeria? [fl]N[/fl]igeria has the second highest rate of maternal and infant deaths in the world. There are many reasons for the devastating figures that emerge year after year, but one factor is certainly access to care. In rural areas, where hospitals are sparse, and pr...
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RH Weekly News Roundup: Can You Treat Ovarian Problems with Healthy Food Choices?
Renovations on the Cards for Primary Care Centres? [fl] T[/fl]he Lagos State government reiterated its plans to upgrade its primary and secondary care facilities throughout the state. Many of the clinics and care centres are terribly underequipped to handle the cases that should be treated in the...
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Can Your Kitchen Kill You, #MenstruationMatters and Other Stories In This Week’s Radiant News Roundup
Can Your Kitchen Kill You? [fl]A[/fl]ccording to the World Health Organisation, over 95,000 Nigerian women die every year from kitchen complications. You might think the danger lies with rats, knife injuries, or even the household accidents that can happen to anyone. But no, it’s the firewood u...
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Chibok, Two Years Later and Other Stories in This Week’s Radiant News Roundup
Chibok, Two Years Later [fl]R [/fl]escue efforts may have started slow, but when the international community heard of the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from a Chibok school, it’s never quite been out of the media. Sure, efforts to locate and rescue the girls have dwindled. Sure the protests call...
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Radiantly Up-To-Date: A Cry to Outlaw Breast Ironing
More Health Care Facilities before the End of 2016? [fl]L[/fl]ast month, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria released plans to partner with stakeholders to revamp 10,000 Primary Health Care Centres read across the country. And, they hope to achieve material changes before the e...
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Radiantly Up-To-Date – 25 March 2016
No Work, No Pay for Nigerian Doctors? [fl] T[/fl]he health sector is one of those essential services that no country should be without. And yet, Nigerians have been plagued by an inability to access assistance due to the incessant strikes of medical personnel. That might finally change. A rece...
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Radiantly Up-to-date: March 18th
Could Hospital Treatment Have Saved These Cameroonian Twins? [fl]N[/fl]igerian law now prohibits the refusal of emergency medical care based on payment of fees (or presumed inability to pay). The legality of refusal is laid out in the new Health Care Bill, clearly with the aim to prevent the trag...
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Radiantly Up-to-date: March 11th
International Women’s Day in Nigeria [fl]O[/fl]n March 8th, we celebrated International Women’s Day. At different points in history, this commemorative day has stood for different things, representing the varied needs of women throughout the world. This year’s theme, #PledgeforParity car...