Maternal mortality Postpartum haemorrhage and obstetric fistula are two avoidable conditions that continue to kill and maim women in sub-Saharan Africa every year Atim (not her real name), from Nigeria’s southern state...
Adie Vanessa Offiong
Danger down by the river
African women and girls in poor communities, forced to walk long distances to fetch water, run the daily risk of rape, beating and even death. It was a day like any other last December. Hasiya (not her real name) had...
Tackling COVID-19 and looking beyond
On 7 January, 2020, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) published an article about ‘The top 10 crises the world should be watching in 2020.’ Then countries potentially facing devastating crises in 2020 were...
Nigeria: Easing a lockdown, while ignoring WHO guidelines
From the get-go, the Nigerian authorities publicised precautions for people to keep safe against COVID-19 and ways through which they could prevent the spread of the disease. These measures included frequent...
Nigeria: A pandemic and a weak health system
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up challenges for Nigeria’s health system quite unlike those posed by the Ebola virus or other epidemics, and also emphasised its weaknesses, across the board. Epidemic preparedness is...
COVID-19: A virus eliminating jobs, livelihoods
Nella, 34, a single mother, was an air hostess in Nigeria’s private jet industry. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, she had to agree to a three-month reduced salary. Ahead of a speculated resumption of flights on 21 June...
