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  October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. With cholera spreading fast in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, and with…

By Muhammad Kabir A major health campaign is underway in the Lake Chad Basin area to vaccinate over 41 million children against polio to contain the recent outbreak of the disease in north-eastern Nigeria. Populations fleeing conflict are on the move within the sub-region, raising concerns that the virus could…

Between September 18 and 20, the community Sant’Egidio hosted religious leaders from across different faiths in Assisi, Italy, for a 3-day inter-religious peace meeting, aimed at achieving peaceful coexistence in the world             By Adam Alqali The world is today grappling with several conflicts and crises, many of whom could…

Dr Aminu Magashi Garba is the Founder/Coordinator of Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR). In this interview, he advocates for increase in budgetary allocation to health as well as ensuring timely release of the budgeted funds…

By Muhammad Kabir UNICEF has revised its humanitarian appeal for Nigeria from US$ 55 million to US$ 115 million to assist an additional 750,000 people who can now be reached across conflict-affected areas in the northeast of the country. As new areas open up to humanitarian assistance, the true scale…

Providing girls with  access to education, healthcare, decent work as well as ensuring they participate in political and economic decision-making processes young women and girl is in line with Goal 5 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)   Sixteen-year-old Mariya Idris is beaming with smiles; she has just received raw…

Maternal mortality has been described as a reflection of failure in governance and a challenge that restraint the “legally guaranteed right to life” as enshrined in the Nigerian constitution and other international legal instruments. “Maternal mortality is one challenge that constrains the legally guaranteed right to life by the Nigerian…

By Adam Alqali World religious leaders from across different faiths have called for dialogue towards peaceful coexistence among followers of various religions of the world. This call was made by religious leaders at the just concluded 3-day inter-religious peace meeting held between September 18 and 20 at Assisi, Italy. This…

  Stakeholders believe attaining the 15% benchmark budgetary allocation for healthcare by governments in Africa is crucial to achieving adequate and sustainable healthcare delivery and the realization of the third sustainable development goal on the continent By Adam Alqali The third UN sustainable development goal seeks to ensure “healthy lives…

   Muhammad Bello Shitu, a professor of community development and innovation diffusion, is the Africa regional director and global vice president of the Scotland-based International Association for Community Development. In this interview, he argues that community development approach has great potentials for institutionalizing social justice in the governance process  …