Slum and Rural Health Initiative
We fight social injustice by creating access to quality healthcare information and services in the world's most underserved region in Africa
Members of our research academy have published in 200 peer-reviewed articles and presented in over 35 conferences across 5 countries.
My first encounter with the actual world was my tertiary education. I had a defined mold for everyone I came across and whoever did not fit in; I considered abnormal. You can imagine how odd it must have been for me to have a roommate who often held conversations with herself as though she were …
Elbows off the table! Sit up straight! Hold your head up! Mothers and often teachers yell these phrases at kids who innocently treat these rules thrown at them with as much regard as they hold for every instruction they dislike. While some of them correct their postural problems to fit into the modeling industry, most …
Before I give you an answer to this question, let me tell you what you might not know about this thing called vaccination. What is vaccination? Vaccination is injecting a dead microbe into an individual in order to stimulate the immune system against the microbe, preventing disease. This stimulates the immune system of the body, …
Technology they say revolutionizes our lives, love it or hate it, it affects almost everything we do today and also influences most of our plans for the future. Whether we experience the benefits of hearing aids or hearing implants, use mobile phones, use washing machines, vacuum cleaners, surf the internet or turn trackers on in …
Dear Reader, let me tell you something, with the few years I have spent on earth, the question above had just one answer which is YES. Also, with my few years of experience in the medical line, health is truly wealth. Let no one tell you otherwise. You will also agree with me from your …
Teenage pregnancy has been seen in recent times to have negative occurrences and these negative occurrences play a major role in the overall well-being of the teenage mother and her child, the whole family system and the community at large. According to Onwubuariri and Kasso, yearly about two million girls less than 15 years and …
Ever heard the saying, ‘The best contraceptive in the world is a good education?’. Well, today we will be discussing in-depth the different methods of contraceptive. Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. In educating both men and women, is a wonderful contraceptive. Let’s get started; …
CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS: Identifying the best option for you. Read More »
Just like the worrisome conditions of security of lives and properties, the security of food and nutrition is equally dire. There is a disproportionately high burden of individuals who cannot afford a “three square” meal having the requisite levels of daily energy and nutritional requirements. Food insecurity would raise slightly different concerns for the economist …
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