Health
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World Diabetes Day: A Diabetic Patient in Rural Nigeria Shares His Battle for Survival
For over three decades, Ahmed Abubakar, a 67-year-old trader from a small community in Potiskum, Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, has…
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Fear and Misconceptions Keep Family Planning Out of Reach for Millions in Nigeria
Twenty-seven-year-old Simi Adewale (not her real name) and her husband, based in Abuja, North-central Nigeria, eagerly planned to embrace family…
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How a Late Cancer Diagnosis Caused Four Years of Struggle
Image discretion warning: This story contains descriptions of a medical condition and includes an image of a tumour removed during…
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The Risks of Living With An Undiagnosed Health Condition as a Nigerian Woman
“Why don’t you just get married?” This was what a doctor told Rahma Jamila Hassan when she complained about her…
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Women Battle Sanitary Crisis After Maiduguri Flood Displaced Them
Walking through the well-constructed compound of Al-Habib Islamic Institute, now repurposed as a shelter for flood victims from Dikwa Low-Cost…
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The Snake Stories Of Kaltungo
People in the car threw up due to the stench from the black plastic bag. It was a long journey…
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MSF Raises Concerns Over Soaring Cases Of Acute Malnutrition In North West Nigeria
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a global organisation providing humanitarian medical care, has declared that one in four children in the…
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Open Defecation, Poor Sanitation Widespread Amid Nigeria’s Cholera Epidemic
It’s been three years since Adebayo Alamu, a vulcaniser, relocated to Ibadan, capital of Oyo State in South West Nigeria…
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Cholera Outbreak Kills 30 Amid Improper Waste Management In Nigeria
At least 30 people have been confirmed dead across 96 local governments in 30 states of Nigeria as a result…
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In Health And In Labour
By Hadiza’s estimation, the baby wasn’t due until about three weeks. So when that day during the Ramadan fast two…
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