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maternal and child health

Torchlight Africa

Made in Cameroon: The Locally Fabricated Incubator Designed to Give Pre-Term Babies a Fighting Chance

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 20, 2022
5 Mins read
By Leocadia Bongben (Lead Writer) Two years ago, Stella Kimbi lost her first baby. “At 28 weeks of my pregnancy, I started…
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Torchlight

Haihuwa Lafiya: Preventing Maternal Mortality in Jigawa State One Trip at a Time

By Nigeria Health Watch
November 14, 2022
6 Mins read
By Elijah Ojonicko Akoji (Lead Writer) Hadiza Haladu’s first pregnancy almost ended in a double tragedy when she went into early labour….
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Torchlight

Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Access to Quality Maternal Medicines

By Beti Baiye
May 2, 2022
5 Mins read
The quality of healthcare a woman receives during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum is critical as it determines whether she lives or dies….
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Torchlight

The ‘AI-Powered Midwife’ Helping Pregnant Nigerian Women and Newborns Stay Healthy

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 24, 2022
5 Mins read
By Innocent Eteng (Lead Writer) Five years ago, when pregnancy related complications threatened the life of Abisola Oladapo’s new-born baby, she experienced…
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Torchlight Africa

Big Steps Forward: Cameroon’s Multi-Sector Approach to Reducing Pregnancy-Related Deaths

By Nigeria Health Watch
December 13, 2021
5 Mins read
By Leocadia Bongben (Lead Writer) Jean Firwa and his wife Martha were excited to be expecting a baby after 10 years of…
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Torchlight

Healthy Mother, Healthy Child: Encouraging ANC, PMTCT uptake in Akwa Ibom State

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 16, 2021
5 Mins read
By Kelechukwu Iruoma (Lead Writer) Eme Okon was two months pregnant with her third child when she started attending antenatal care (ANC)…
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Torchlight

Julia Burke Maternity Centre blends trado-modern methods to provide quality care

By Nigeria Health Watch
June 21, 2021
6 Mins read
By Adaobi Ezeokoli & Aloysius Chidiebere Ugwu (Lead Writers) The GEANCO Foundation has intervened in the area of medical missions for orthopaedic…
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Torchlight

MPD-4-QED: A Database to Improve the Quality of Care for Maternal and Newborn Health in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
May 24, 2021
6 Mins read
By Anthonia Obokoh (Lead Writer) The maternal mortality rate in Nigeria is 512 deaths per 100,000 live births, and according to the…
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Torchlight

How a Collaborative Approach to Maternal Care is Saving the Lives of Mothers in Kaduna State

By Bunmi Oyebanji Obot
April 26, 2021
6 Mins read
In Nigeria, systemic gaps in the quality of maternal care includes the lack of life-saving medical equipment, the low adoption of the…
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Thought Leadership

“I decided to be pregnant with my wife” – Men as nurturers for healthy pregnancy and delivery

By Nigeria Health Watch
January 6, 2021
6 Mins read
Aloysius Chidiebere Ugwu (Lead Writer) In January 2020, in the middle of the dry season known as harmattan in Nigeria, I was…
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Health

UniPort Teaching Hospital ensures safe deliveries and immunisation despite COVID-19

By Elfredah Kevin-Elerechi
October 21, 2020
8 Mins read
After six months of anxiety, panic and unrest as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical doctors at the University of Port…
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Torchlight

Enugu's free maternal programme is providing better health for rural women and children

By Nigeria Health Watch
July 14, 2020
5 Mins read
“This article was produced in collaboration with Maternal Figures, a database of maternal health interventions implemented in Nigeria.” At Amorji Nike Primary…
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Torchlight

Albishirin Ku: Community Dialogues for better Mother and Child Health in Sokoto

By Bashar Abubakar
March 9, 2020
7 Mins read
Shafa’atu Abubakar, 37, is a mother of ten who lives in Ubandoma, Sifawa town, Bodinga Local Government in Sokoto State. In January…
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Torchlight

Mamacare: Using health education to improve maternal and child health in Lagos State.

By Bashar Abubakar
August 27, 2019
6 Mins read
Lagos Island Maternity Hospital is one of the best known public health facilities in Lagos, which has for many years, served communities…
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