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Live at UNGA – Day Three
On the road with SCMS, Part One: In Nigeria, PEPFAR partners pool procurement of life-saving commodities
In this three part series, Jay Heavner, Director of Knowledge Sharing and Communication at Supply Chain Management System (SCMS), highlights his experiences visiting three countries in Africa to observe SCMS project sites. On a documentation tour of Nigeria earlier this month, I visited sites in four states plus the capital, Abuja, to document the progress [...]
Paving the Way for a Measles-Free Nigeria
Guest Post by: Andrea Gay, Executive Director of Children’s Health at the United Nations Foundation For the last ten years, I have seen thousands of children cry after being pricked by needle for a vaccination against measles –a deadly disease that is preventable by one quick, albeit painful, shot. I witnessed it again this week [...]
Maternal Health Matters to Everyone
The maternal mortality rate in northern Nigeria is one of the highest in the world. In Bauchi State, women bear an average of eight children in their lifetimes, yet only 45 percent of them receive prenatal care. Less than 1 percent of Bauchi’s children under age one are fully immunized. Bauchi is one of the [...]
Miller Finds Fortune in Rice Cultivation
Submitted by Ebun Aleshinloye Joseph Ununu, 45, learned early in life to grow rice; it was a family vocation. But a pest infestation of rice fields in Abakaliki, Eastern Nigeria, in the 1990s, took away his zeal. The pests devastated his four-hectare rice farm, forcing him to shift attention to milling, which only earned marginal [...]
Nigeria @ 50: Microenterprises Support Caregiver Families
Submitted by Ebun Aleshinloye Like many caregivers in Kano, northern Nigeria, Jamila is responsible for raising her children and caring for relatives affected by HIV/AIDS. Previously, she relied on her husband or other sources for financial support. After her husband lost his job, and with six people in her household, Jamila had to find a [...]
Repairing Obstetric Fistula in Nigeria
Submitted by Mary Ellen Stanton USAID-supported fistula services in Nigeria began in 2007. USAID’s Fistula Care project works with six hospitals to prevent and repair fistula and/or to train health professionals about fistula case management, Obstetric fistula is the result of prolonged labor without prompt medical intervention, causing a hole in a woman’s birth canal [...]
Increasing the Involvement of Men in Family Health
Submitted by Chris Thomas Reducing maternal deaths by 75 percent throughout the world by 2015 will take the involvement of men in countries where it matters most. Many of the countries where USAID works are male dominated cultures. To improve maternal health outcomes for women in developing countries, men must be equal partners since they [...]
