Rita and her husband had always struggled to make ends meet. They lived in a small village in Nigeria and worked hard to provide for their three young children. But […]
Category Archives: Happenings
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is a government agency in Nigeria charged with the responsibility of ensuring road safety and reducing the number of fatalities on Nigerian roads. As […]
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Apr
Apr
Water is important for vascular health and it makes up to 60% of your body weight, as well as 90% of your blood volume. Every cell, tissue, and organ needs […]
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Mar
Mar
We may not be able to unravel the reason as to why people would rather watch, take pictures and videos at emergency scenes rather than find a way to help […]
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Feb
Feb
Partnership for progressive healthcare. It’s not too late to wish you ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’. Trust you had a good Valentine experience. For us at Health Emergency Initiative (HEI), you are […]
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Feb
Feb
The prevalence of anaemia. Pa David (not real name), an old man in his sixties was admitted to one of the public hospitals in Lagos with diagnosis of severe anaemia. […]
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Feb
Feb
Have you heard of the budding health threat in Nigeria apart from Covid-19? In recent times, there have been increased frequency of deaths attributable to cardiac arrests. Cardiologists have expressed […]
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Jan
Jan
No thanks to failing systems, the past week witnessed some mishaps that led to needless deaths that could have been prevented or reduced. This is heart-breaking because we work to […]
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Jan
Jan
We surely miss this luxury that we had once taken for granted.! Last week Saturday, Health Emergency Initiative had her strategy meeting with some of the brightest minds in the country […]
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Jan
Jan
If you’ve disregarded public health before 2020, I’m sure that by now you’ve had a change of thought. No thanks to Covid-19 pandemic. The new year was celebrated with the […]
