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.
Climate change has become a major challenge worldwide. Human activities have impacted both directly and indirectly on health the effects of climate change in Nigeria are more devastating because of their low coping capability. Evidence shows that climate change impacts in Nigeria arise from climate change related causes, such as a change in temperature, rainfall, …
Discovering that you may have mental health issues can be very challenging. It took me a while to understand my mental health issues. When I was in high school, I knew I felt anxiety but I was always in denial. I always searched up questions about mental health but I always justified my anxiety by …
Exposure to traumatic events such as internal displacement contributes to sustained deleterious effects on individual mental health. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) has nearly tripled from approximately 15 million to 55 million people, making up more than 68% of the worldwide displaced population. These numbers continue to rise with …
ADDRESSING THE GAPS IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR DISPLACED PERSONS. Read More »
Nigeria already has over 3.2 million people displaced, with 684,000 IDPs in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger and 304,000 refugees in the four countries. Home to 2.9 million IDPs at the end of 2020, making it one of the countries most affected by internally displaced worldwide. We do not know how many IDPs are living with …
SRHIN AFRICA Website
