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Gender Based Violence (GBV) Fund under the domestic violence act…

The Domestic Violence Act, 2007, Act 732 is meant to support and protect victims and…

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NigeriaDecides2023: Inside Atiku, Obi, Tinubu’s agenda to end GBV in…

Nigeria’s top three presidential hopefuls have made various promises on tackling the country’s gender-based violence…

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Rites infringing on rights: How widowhood rites harm women

 Accra, Feb. 10, GNA – When a man dies in Ghana, it marks a period…

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Threats, trauma trail GBV reporters in Nigeria

According to a 2022 survey published by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID)…

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'SEX FOR FISH' A contributor to HIV prevalence

Survivors of GBV in fishing communities aree mostly women and they experience physical, sexual, psychological,…

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Concerns Rise Over ‘Marry Your Rapist’ Practices In Nigeria

Nigeria’s legal system has no provision for the harmful practice of “marry your rapist,” legal…

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A day in one of Ghana’s gender-based violence courts

Accra, Dec. 13, GNA-On a bright sunny Monday morning, suspects in remand were ushered into…

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How Insurgents Weaponised Rape In North East, Others

Countless women and girls have survived conflict-related sexual violence at the hands of Boko Haram…

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Economic violence in the couple: The lack of financial resources…

Economic violence in the couple is one of the most misunderstood forms of conjugal violence. However,…

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Saving to save lives: How ‘susu’ helped me flee from…

Koforidua, Dec 19, GNA – Two years ago, Yaa Ataa (not her real name) led…

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VERBAL ABUSE: These toxic words that destroy...

Often, when we talk about domestic violence, we most often associate it with physical and…

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Endless suffering: How GBV stokes HIV infection rates among adolescent…

On March 12, 2022, 12-year-old Akosua (not her real name) was sent on an errand…

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Post-Législative au Sénégal ; Une campagne pour la révision du…

A Quelques jours de l’installation de la 14 eme législature , le débat sur une…

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Bereavement is not a crime: Widows call for protection against…

Accused of having a hand in their husbands’ deaths, widows in some parts of Nigeria are…

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Inside Nigeria’s Harmful Traditional Practices That Impede Women’s Rights To…

A day after celebrating Valentine’s Day with her boyfriend in Nigeria’s southwestern state of Ogun,…

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Cry of elderly women: Save us from these witch hunts

Koforidua, Nov. 13, GNA-One cold morning in 2016 as Aunty Afua was getting ready to…

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Sex For Fish in Ghana

Fishing communities in the Central Region of Ghana have seen an increase in teenage pregnancies…

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Child marriage: The unending challenge confronting communities in Ghana

Accra, Aug. 21, GNA-On June 15, 2022, Alhassan Fuseini (Not real name), a 50-year-old man,…

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Children orphaned by avoidable circumstance

In this report, Edoamaowo Udeme takes a look at the menace of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)…

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Incest: Shroud of secrecy continues to stand in the way…

Accra, Sept. 22, GNA -Every day, Madam Amina Sato (not her real name) goes through…

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Women and girls suffer in Nigeria’s war with IPOB

Gender-Based Violence has become a painful fallout of the Nigerian government's efforts to quell a…

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Causes et conséquences du mariage d'enfant

Causes et Conséquences du mariage d'enfant

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Early Marriage (Mariage Prococe)

les conséquences des mariages précoces sur la scolarité des filles en milieu rural.

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Child Marriage

Alhassan Fuseini (Not real name), a 50-year-oldman ,forced a 15-year-old girl marriage because his 10-year…

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FGM Cutters who Downed Their Blades for Advocacy

Arandom search online for images of women who practise female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), also known…

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Providing Effective Support System for Girls

Providing Support for Child Victims of Gender Based Violence "AWJP" Mavis Offei Acheampong

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Missing Link

Koforidua, July 17, GNA-Cases of child sexual abuse appear to be under-reported considering the number…

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Challenges Facing Women Leaving Violent Responses

365Daily– The death of the renowned gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu on April 8 2022, came…

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Effects of GBV on Children

In this report, Edoamaowo Udeme takes a look at the menace of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)…

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Supporting Survivors of GBV

A 2021 report by the World Health Organisation estimated that 736 million women—one out of…

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Leaving to live: Obstacles faced by women seeking escape from…

365Daily– The death of the renowned gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu on April 8 2022, came…

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In Nigeria, safe shelters are helping survivors of GBV

A 2021 report by the World Health Organisation estimated that 736 million women—one out of…

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La violence que subissent les filles dans leur famille d'accueil

Laghem FM votre magasine Leeral réalisé par AWJP ET ICFJ et la fondation Ford en…

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Economic insecurity, other factors make some Nigerian women endure abusive…

Economic insecurity, other factors make some Nigerian women endure abusive partners

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Depression after childbirth: A silent killer

Many women experience unexplainable emotional changes after childbirth, one of which is post-partum depression. However,…

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Sexual Abuse: Road to Justice Fraught with Hurdles for Women…

One night after a hard day’s work, 42-year-old Deaf beautician, Beatrice Abimbola, was fast asleep…

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Raising Combats against SGBV through Community Response System Nigeria

According to a UNICEF report from 2016, six out of every ten children in Nigeria…

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GBV: Seeking Justice for Disinherited Widows

In this report, Funmi Ogundare who highlights the plights of widows, writes that there is…

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Inside northern Nigeria’s Islamiyya schools where paedophiles lurk around

Violence in any school hampers the participation of the girl-child in education and other development…

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How workplace sexual harassment forces many out of their dream…

Despite several laws prohibiting sexual harassment in Nigeria, many victims are forced to quit their…

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How Domestic Violence Helped in the Trafficking of Mother of…

Millions of women and girls are trafficked across the world. According to the international human…

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Reducing financial burden on victims and families of SGBV-implementation of…

Koforidua, Feb. 28, GNA - The cost of accessing justice in cases of Sexual and…

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SOCIAL RESPONSES OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE-SILENT KILLER (REPORTING AND PROSECUTION…

Statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service,…

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Is the Bible fueling SGBV?

‘Man strangles wife over sex’; ‘Husband butchers wife over denied sex’; ‘Anal or No Sex…

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When abuse becomes the order of the day: The untold…

“It took me thirteen good years to gather courage to walk out of a hell…

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The Ordeal of Young Zongo Girls in the hands of…

In recent times, we hear stories of girls as young as 9 months old being…

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Secured Shelters: A beacon of hope for victims of Gender…

Currently, Ghana has only one shelter functioning, the Ark Foundation, which is privately owned. The…

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Combating Gender-Based Violence: How an app is connecting gender-based violence…

Rossy, 20, (not her real name) was head over heels in love with her partner…

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GBV & Religion: Warding away the ‘spirit of abuse’ in…

Sadia (not her real name), 25, suffered sexual abuse in June 2021. The perpetrated was…

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Abolishing negative cultural practices; A remedy in the fight against…

“Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot…

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Child-Friendly Interviewing and GBV Courts, the Right Step in Protecting…

“Privacy relates to an individual’s ability to determine for themselves, when, how, and for what…

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She was raped by two rogue men on separate occasions…

????She was raped by two rogue men on separate occasions and left her to her…

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Mobile app helps Adamawa women with disabilities address gender-based violence

For 38-year-old Aisha (name adopted to protect the survivor’s identity), getting married in Adamawa State,…

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School feeding crisis: Building the future on hungry stomachs

Ian Birungi, a Primary Four pupil, takes a few steps and then stands to take…

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Govt resets relations with traditional healers

By the time the Ministry of Health declared an Ebola outbreak in Mubende District, Central…

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Exclusion of Intersex People: A Systemic Conundrum

Kenya is the first country in the world to have included intersex people as a…

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Providing Support for Child Victims of Gender Based Violence

 

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Children orphaned by avoidable circumstance

In this report, Edoamaowo Udeme takes a look at the menace of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)…

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Shunned By Loved Ones, Nigeria’s Fistula Survivors Find A Lifeline…

Each year, obstetric fistula affects between 50, 000 to 100, 000 women worldwide and Nigeria…

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Creating employment, one garbage bin at a time

Every Tuesday morning  35-year-old Nosipho Sidinana leaves her home in the township of Daveyton, where…

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The effect of Covid-19 to children with epilepsy

IT is three o'clock in the afternoon when 29-year old Latifa Iddy wakes up from…

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Myths and Facts about female condoms??

True or False? It can “get lost” inside the woman’s body. False: While the inner…

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Taking Covid vaccines while pregnant or breastfeeding

In August last year, during an interview on the state of the Covid-19 pandemic in…

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What you need to know about Population Immunity

With less than 30% of Kenyans immunised against the COVID-19 virus, is it likely that…

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Women bear the brunt as divorce, separation rise in Abuja…

It was love at first sight in June 2018 when Halima Salisu, 16, met Abdullahi…

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Everything You Need to Know About Keeping Your Vagina Healthy

In the last 15 years, one of the most searched terms on Google by Kenyans…

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Traditional Medicine and Vaginal Health: Distinguishing Facts From Fiction

Herbal and traditional medicine have been passed down from generation to generation in our African…

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The Real Deal on Vaginal Detox Pearls and Powders

Doctors repeatedly tell people with female reproductive organs that the vagina is self-cleaning — that…

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How COVID-19 boosted self-care in family planning

With the challenges faced by the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in the disruption of vital…

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Covid-hit crèches still await promised funding

Early childhood development (ECD) centres continue to be severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic even…

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Covid-19 increased violence against Children in the home

Thelesia Mdendemi, Assistant Inspector of Police and Gender and Children in Dodoma Region acknowledges that…

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Of masks and Covid-19 vaccinations

As vaccines have become more widely available and accessible in communities, an increasing number of…

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Health risks of antibiotic misuse and abuse amid Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has by February 14 claimed the lives of over 5,632 Kenyans. At…

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Ghana strives for safe, effective vaccines against COVID-19

For three days in April 2020, l was unable to sleep, eat or do my…

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Women bear Covid-19’s silent burden

More than a year after the Covid-19 pandemic hit South Africa in March 2020, Evelina…

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Millions of Nigerians are at risk as the government ignores…

While the COVID-19 has infected millions and claimed more than 4.5 million lives, experts are…

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Misinformation thwarts Covid-19 vaccination for women in Tanzania

As health experts and leaders in Tanzania continue to mobilize for every citizen to be…

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What you need to know about the HPV Vaccine

Kenya rolled out the HPV vaccine program two years ago— in November 2019.. During the…

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Domestic Workers among hardest hit by Covid-19 pandemic in Tanzania

Janet was extremely lucky to get a job where she was earning TSh50, 000/- (US$21.57)…

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Education of Children with special needs ‘forgotten’

It’s nearly two years since the Ugandan government closed down schools as a measure to…

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How refugees at Pagirinya camp are coping with reduced food…

The bare and rocky ground is littered with a few hardy trees. Electricity poles demarcate…

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What Nigerians think of COVID-19 vaccines

As the COVID-19 pandemic gradually settles into its second year, it has so far mutated…

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When giving blood means saving a life

A blood transfusion is a common medical treatment around the world, but for many patients…

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What you should know about Covid-19 variants

The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be multi-wave. The current wave is coming at…

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Long Covid: A hidden pandemic

“That was the time when hospitals around Kampala were full and the doctors were encouraging…

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Covid woes push sex workers from brothels to apps, homes

Wanjiru M, 26, has been working as an escort since she left high school. On…

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Using Community Radio To Bridge Mental Health Gaps

Amisa Rashid walks through the streets of Kibera with her ear to the ground. She…

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COVID-19: Kenya’s SGBV Survivors Support Systems Affected

Pauline Juma was just 16 years old when she was gang-raped as she walked to…

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Ghana’s depleted blood banks: A critical impact of Covid-19 restrictions

I went to the hospital with my wife and during the doctor’s interview, he asked…

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In Niger, COVID-19 protocols are dead

After the initial panic of being infected with COVID-19 and the people and government taking…

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Dual burden of TB and COVID-19, the plight of TB…

It all started six months ago when Karima (not her real name) started coughing but…

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Market vendors cold as COVID-19 research lists them most-at-risk populations

With her one-year-old baby stuck on the breast, Ritah Nakamya rises from a wooden stool…

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The effects of COVID-19 on NCDs in Ghana

Governments around the world continue to focus their attention on the COVID-19, communicable disease while…

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Teknohama ilivyoinusuru Elimu Tanzania na Corona

Virusi vya COVID-19 maarufu kama Corona, vilitangazwa kwa mara ya kwanza kuwa vimeingia nchini Tanzania,…

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Agricultural processors bemoan COVID-19 losses

The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown instituted by the Federal Government at the end of…

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Force fields and fake cures: Cashing in on the COVID-19…

As the number of those infected by the coronavirus disease continues to rise, concerned Kenyans…

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COVID-19’s impact on private school owners, teachers

As the year 2020 came to a close, thousands of students and parents were reflecting…

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Corona ilivyoinua Wanawake wajasiriamali Tanzania

Usafi wa mikono ambapo watu hutumia maji yanayotiririka na sabuni ni moja ya kanuni za…

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Tanzania ilivyoishinda Hofu ya Corona

Mwaka huu, hofu ilitanda nchini Tanzania baada ya kuripotiwa mtu wa kwanza kupata maambukizi ya…

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In the Line of Duty – When Surviving COVID-19 Demands…

In the second week of June on a Sunday, Yecenu Sasetu, a health journalist in…

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Nigeria is using radio to provide support for SGBV survivors

HALIMA Aminu returned home from school one sunny afternoon in June and collected a bowl…

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How traditional birth attendants reduce maternal deaths in IDP camps

Expectant women in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have…

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Ghana testing herbal medicines for use in the fight against…

Mark Tekyi Manu is a 43-year-old plumber in a facility management company in Accra who…

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Kagwe’s strategy for counties to take over the COVID-19 fight

The count-down to the national government handing over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic by…

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Coping with the pandemic in IDP camps

Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State is one of the places most hit by…

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Blood scarcity looms for childbirth, malaria, sickle cell patients

The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that Nigeria has some of the lowest blood donation…

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Protesting during a pandemic: Confronting civil rights abuses in Kenya

Kedolwa Waziri woke up at 4 am on 7th July 2020. It was bitingly cold…

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Drugs, death, and doom ... The emerging fear in Covid…

About a month ago, doctors could give significant attention to each Covid-19 patient. Well, not…

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Back to school in midst of COVID-19 outbreak

It is 7 a.m. on a Monday morning, Miss Rebecca Dede Amankwa, a final year…

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Students in Tanzania walk long Distances to access water for…

Lack of access to clean water for hand washing during the Pandemic means that students…

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Virus pandemic a financial tsunami for women

IN April, when Mrs. Chinyere Philips was sacked, it seemed like the end of her…

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Corona inavyoacha somo kwa kinamama kujikinga magonjwa ya milipuko

WAKATI serikali imetangaza kupungua kwa maambukizi ya virusi vya Corona, bado wananchi wanahimizwa kuendelea kuchukua…

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Covid-19: How the lockdown affected mental health services

On July 2, Hussein Walugembe came to the end of his life’s journey. On the…

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Covid19 and Home-Based care: Is it working?

On June 21, 11 days after the Ministry of Health launched home-based care guidelines for…

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No schools, no blood: How C0vid-19 closure has worsened the…

Blood transfusions are a strong pillar in modern medicine and they have saved the lives…

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HIV/AIDS in the age of COVID-19

When 23-year-old Ashley Nicole* first found out about her HIV positive status in 2013, she…

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The forgotten women: Impact of Covid-19 on obstetric fistula patients

“I don’t know what Covid-19 is. All I can say is that it has come…

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How open-air markets are weak link in fight against Covid-19

Open-air markets provide a means of livelihood for a majority of the population in Africa.…

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Malnutrition and Covid-19

Malnutrition remains a silent pandemic ‘consuming’ children in Nigeria. It is mostly being fueled by…

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Domestic workers in Ghana and COVID-19

Many organizations have laid-off workers with others slashing salaries of their workers due to the…

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Battle for COVID-19 palliatives not worth the efforts

Laraba Shuaibu’s daughter had recently undergone a major surgery which cost her almost all of…

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'We didn’t see it coming’ — COVID-19 survivors in Delta…

“Hello”, he says. But his voice was raspy, his breathing labored. Theophilus Onojeghen, a notable…

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Biashara Mtandaoni Kinamama watoboa kipindi cha corona

Ni maneno ya Bertha Mmari ( 33) Mkazi wa jijini Dar es Salaam, akiwa na…

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Clinical Trials: Finding a Cure for Africa by Africans

The World Health Organisation during its online press briefing observed that Africa is one of…

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COVID-19: A double tragedy for women and girls in refugee…

Meli, a single mother of seven, now grows vegetables in her backyard to make ends…

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How Open-air markets are a weak link in the fight…

LOUD, raucous, congested, smells of ripe fruits, roast meat and food wafting in the air…

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Policing in the face of COVID-19

Lance Corporal Daniel Kwofie is a policeman who survived COVID-19. He is now an avid…

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COVID-19: How Niger govt bridged learning gap

The gap between schoolchildren in urban and rural areas and those in private and public…