Tag Archives: Children

Malnutrition, an Aftermath of Covid-19

Malnutrition

Malnutrition in Children, an aftermath of Covid-19. The phrase ‘Country is hard’ is no joke and at HEI this is becoming more surreal to us as more cases of malnutrition-induced illnesses constantly calls for medical interventions. 80% of Health Emergency Initiative’s beneficiaries of recent medical interventions were children. Sadly, data collected from these medical interventions […]

Covid-19: Emergency Trust fund

emergency trust fund

Covid-19, the global pandemic that is presently ravaging the human race does not exclude our nation Nigeria.  With a population of almost 190 million, our dear country is currently fighting this lethal epidemic in order to survive this season through social distancing. Nigeria already has 90% of her population living below the global poverty index […]

ENHANCING EFFECTIVE POST-CRASH CARE

post crash care

Death itself is a painful phenomenon but it is more painful to realise that these deaths could have been prevented, hence the need to enhancing effective post-crash care. As much as no one wills or hopes to be victim of accidents, yet there are victims of different accidents and road traffic accidents daily.Traffic crashes are […]

PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Emergency Management

Emergency is any unplanned event that can cause deaths or significant injury to anyone.  It can disrupt, cause physical or environmental damage and financial threat to businesses. While emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks that could lead to damages, loss of lives and properties in any community. It involves the […]

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR SCHOOLS

emergency preparedness

Happy New Year! Welcome to a new decade. It’s with so much joy that we begin another phase of fulfilling the HEI mission THAT NONE SHOULD DIE. Focused on the pursuit of preventing needless death, equipping thousands of people with the ability to doubly increase the chances of survival of emergency victims and primarily providing […]

TIPS TO STAYING SAFE IN THE CROWD

HEI safety tips

It’s the festive season, year 2019 is happily winding up and there are different mega shows springing up to celebrate the close of the year’s activities. As much as you would like to socialise and have fun in this season, please stay safe . Don’t get carried away with the crowd’s merry making to the […]

NECK TRAUMA: The penetrating pain

HEI Neck

That phase of the year that needs more caution because of its susceptibility to unpleasant happenings is the ‘Ember’ months phase and December is not an exception. 2019 nears its end and it weighs the heart with some unpleasant occurrences especially with the recent neck trauma occurrence. It’s no longer news that a young lady […]

PRESS RELEASE: HEALTH EMERGENCY INITIATIVE ORGANISES CHARITY WALK

HEI walk for life 2.0

  Sensitises Public on Preventive Road Traffic Accident Measures & Post-Crash Care In a bid to ensure road crash victims get emergency responses in cases of road crashes, thereby mitigating against casualty level, the Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has organised a charity walk tagged “Walk for Life 2.0” at the Lagos […]

HEI SAVES CHILD FROM HERNIA

A good number of Health Emergency Initiative intervention’s beneficiaries are children, amongst who is Iyanuoluwa Olufunke.  2 years old Iyanuoluwa was diagnosed with Hernia at Somolu General Hospital in June 2019. Health Emergency Initiative intervened by paying the bills for the hernia to be surgically removed. He is fully recovered and back home to his […]

PRISON INMATE SAVED FROM HEPATITIS B

The world is never short of good deeds to be done and there is never a time that is too late or too early to be good, Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) believes Aesop’s words that says “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted’’. Therefore, we faithfully work in saving lives, giving […]