When the subject of cervical health comes up, cervical cancer (cancer of the cervix) is what springs to mind. However, other cervical health problems can hurt women throughout the childbearing years. The condition of the...
Many women juggle multiple roles. Spouse, parent, homemaker, business owner or employee, caregiver to an aging parent, and financial support of relatives are some that come to mind. I’m sure you can add one or...
Is losing weight one of your 2018 New Year’s resolutions? Be honest – you won’t be alone. Gyms and parks worldwide (and the Lekki bridge in Lagos!) are full of people frantically exercising in January,...
It’s the festive season, the time when we make merry, eat, and drink all in the name CHRISTMAS. BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! Santa’s fit for Christmas. He’s made significant changes to the menu so that he can...
There is no holiday quite like Christmas – time with family, Christmas carols and songs, the twinkling lights on the Christmas tree, the frenzied exchange of gifts, parties galore, and way too much food. The...
Good news on HIV/AIDS in Africa is scarce so when there is not one but two exciting reports on the prevention and treatment of the disease it’s notable and cause for optimism. In 2013 the...
A lifetime of serving the poor and marginalized did not prepare me for what my eyes and heart encountered at the Mother and Child malnutrition Initiative in Kano State. I’ve worked in Cambodia with survivors...
Being city born and bred – in Lagos, to be precise – it’s difficult to imagine anything more different than life in rural North West Nigeria. The Kano health initiative was only my second trip...
HealthCore Ltd., producers of The HealthZone television program and this blog in a strategic partnership with the Isa Wali Empowerment Initiative (IWEI), is taking bold steps to tackle the problem of malnutrition in women and...
Do you know that for every child there is a critical 1,000-day period – from the moment the mother gets pregnant until the child’s second birthday? Every year, poor nutrition during this crucial time causes...