Photo Credit: Freepik The Countdown begins! We are days away from the highly anticipated AWiM 2024 conference, taking place on December 5th-6th in Dakar, Senegal. This year’s edition, themed “Media and Sustainability,” promises to be an unforgettable experience, featuring insightful discussions, interactive sessions, and networking…
Photo credit – Safari Consoler Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of water or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae and it can kill within hours if left untreated. Cholera remains a global public health threat, causing between 1.3 million to 4.0 million cases, and 21,000 and 143,000 deaths worldwide every…
HEADLINES Creating an African with high survival rate in Breast Cancer October is breast cancer awareness month and it has been established by a research that. Every year breast cancer claims more than 650,000 lives worldwide. However, Survival rates have been recorded to be as high as 90% in high income countries. In sub-Saharan…
Gbemisola Okotie is the last child in a family of seven. The 19-year-old who had been battling total blindness since 2014 said she did not have it easy when she lost her sight. “It was like a dream’ she explained. Her parents left her indoors for years before she was admitted into the Ondo State School for the…
Photo Credit: Annie Spratt on unsplash.com Uduak Eyo, 37, breaks into sobs intermittently as she describes the pain and torture her husband put her through when she lost her job at an eatery. ‘The last eight months have been hell’ she says. ‘’He is constantly reminding me of how he made a mistake by getting…
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease that causes high blood sugar. According to Healthline, this happens because the body either does not produce enough insulin or cannot effectively use the insulin it makes. Insulin is a hormone that moves sugar from the blood into your cells to be stored or used for energy. Diabetes has…
Breastfeeding is the process of feeding a child or infant with a mother’s natural milk. It is the most important step after childbirth. As a crucial aspect of child development, breastfeeding is a form of bonding between the child and mother and is necessary for the child’s physical, mental, emotional, and psychological growth. The success…
Photo Credit: eibner saliba-Unsplash.com All over Africa, conflicts, dwindling economies, hunger, and inadequate healthcare facilities are some of the factors that have truncated the importance dedicated to breastfeeding. The World Breastfeeding Week, 2024 came at a desperate time more than ever before, especially for mothers in countries with serious cases of…
Anthony Rotolo, a professor from Syracuse University is offering the Dr. Who Class, an adventure for students who want to go through space and time exploring the cultural impact of the BBC series Dr. Who Rotolo calls the course an “un-class” as it is not officially a course offered by the university, although students can…
Anthony Rotolo, a professor from Syracuse University is offering the Dr. Who Class, an adventure for students who want to go through space and time exploring the cultural impact of the BBC series Dr. Who Rotolo calls the course an “un-class” as it is not officially a course offered by the university, although students can…
Anthony Rotolo, a professor from Syracuse University is offering the Dr. Who Class, an adventure for students who want to go through space and time exploring the cultural impact of the BBC series Dr. Who Rotolo calls the course an “un-class” as it is not officially a course offered by the university, although students can…
