Category: Health

Family Watch International, a Christian conservative NGO whose anti-LGBTQ+ position, anti-abortion activities, and “intense focus on Africa” led to its categorization as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre.

Dr Gladys Atto is the first and only ophthalmologist in the Karamoja subregion in Uganda. She is also one of only 45 ophthalmologists in the entire country.

Joy Shu’aibu is the Director of Programme Operations for Nigeria at Sightsavers. Sightsavers works across Africa and Asia to end avoidable blindness, treat neglected tropical diseases and promote equality of opportunity for people with disabilities.

Women who received traditional treatments throughout pregnancy had children who were twice as likely to be born with birth abnormalities as those whose mothers did not.

Women who received traditional treatments throughout pregnancy had children who were twice as likely to be born with birth abnormalities as those whose mothers did not.

AMA Says Childbirth is Far More Lethal for Women Than Abortion Pill As Judge Weighs Mifepristone Ban

There is a general belief among the people of Bini, South-South Nigeria, that an uncircumcised female is a taboo.

A teacher told me, in hushed tones, that I had eczema on the skin behind my ears and around my nose. I immediately thought I got it from being dirty or from someone in my class, so when I got home, I washed it with medicated soap rigorously.

Breast milk samples were taken from 34 healthy mothers a week after giving birth in Rome, Italy. Microplastics were detected in 75 per cent of them.