Tag: Maternal Mortality

Mazi Emeka September 30, 2016

#Impact365: Temie Giwa’s LifeBank is solving Nigeria’s blood crisis

Temie Giwa is the chief executive of LifeBank, a five month old startup that is using technology to solve the problem of blood shortage across Nigeria. In this interview with…

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January 8, 2014

Reno Omokri: The APC should stick to issues, not insults

by Reno Omokri The other day, their propaganda machines and media outlets carried the lie that the President went to Kenya with seven Presidential Jets. Meanwhile, one of Kenya's daily…

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June 10, 2013

DRC Congo tops the list of ’10 Most Challenging Places in the World to be a Mother’, see others

by Akan Ido Earlier this month, we profiled the 30 best places in the world to be a mother — those countries where women are given the social, economic and educational tools…

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December 1, 2012

Temie Giwa: It’s hard out there for a girl (YNaija FrontPage)

Thousands of women are sexually assaulted each year, and even more are just plain assaulted. It is hard out there for a girl, and it is harder still in Nigeria.…

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April 14, 2012

Temie Giwa: “As it stands, there are about 500,000 abortions in Nigeria every year” (YNaija Frontpage)

One thing that has served as the central goal of my professional life has been my commitment to doing all I can to save the lives of African women and…

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March 22, 2012

Akintunde Oyebode: A time to honour our mothers (YNaija Frontpage)

by Akintunde Oyebode “...pregnancy is not a disease” but our mothers keep dying due to ignorance." - Onyema Afulukwe of the Centre for Reproductive Rights. Every year, on Mother’s Day, the church…

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