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Stories by Hafsah Abubakar Matazu

  • Group photo taken upon the completion of MSF's roundtable workshop in Abuja.
    Hafsah Abubakar Matazu

    MSF, Stakeholders Map Out Next Steps For Jigawa Maternal Health Project

    The three-day roundtable workshop organised by the international medical aid organisation, Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, came to an end yesterday, Wednesday, Oct. 25. The workshop’s purpose was to bring together major stakeholders, partners, and the Jigawa state government to address the issues with maternal morbidity and mortality in the state, particularly …

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  • During day 2 of MSF's roundtable workshop in Abuja.
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    Almost 50% Of VVF Patients In Jigawa Are Women And Girls Below 20

    During day 2 of a roundtable workshop organised by the international medical aid group, Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on ‘Reducing Maternal Morbidity And Mortality in Jigawa State’, deliberations were made by relevant stakeholders. During a presentation by Dr Abdulwahab Mohamed, MSF’s Medical Coordinator, MSF-France, it was revealed that more than 78 per cent of vesicovaginal …

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  • A session during the MSF workshop in Abuja.
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    MSF Hosts 3-Day Workshop In Abuja To Address Maternal Morbidity & Mortality

    The international medical aid group, Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), kicked off a three-day workshop on Monday, Oct. 23 in Nigeria’s federal capital territory, Abuja, on ‘Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Jigawa State, Northwest Nigeria.’ The event brought together major stakeholders in the room to dissect the impact the 15-year Jahun project has had in …

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    HumAngle’s 2021: A Fulfilling Year In Review

    As the year comes to a close, we are reflecting on what HumAngle has achieved in 2021, and when reviewed, it won’t be overselling to say it’s a lot. With 2022 around the corner, HumAngle will be entering its third year in March since its launch in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in full …

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    Increased Attacks In Borno State Put Provision Of Lifesaving Aid At Risk – UN Chief

    Mark Lowcock, the United Nations (UN) Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has raised concerns on the increased levels of insecurity and violence in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. During his virtual visit to Maiduguri, the state capital, Lowcock said that the high number of violent attacks on civilians and aid workers would …

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    UK To Cut UNICEF Funding By 60 Per cent

    The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed profound concern over the United Kingdom’s decision to slash funding to the agency by 60 per cent. The British government made its plans known to UNICEF Friday, April 30, as revealed in a statement. UNICEF has been a key provider of humanitarian support and protection to the …

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    Malaria Vaccine Trials Prove Successful In Burkina Faso, Production Expected By 2022

    A newly developed malaria vaccine by scientists at the Jenner Institute, Oxford University in the United Kingdom, has been proven to be highly effective in preventing the disease, following trials in the West African country of Burkina Faso. The Jenner Institute is responsible for producing the Oxford/Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine currently being administered worldwide to fight …

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    Damasak Attacks Disrupt Delivery Of Lifesaving Aid To Displaced Persons

    Delivery of humanitarian aid in the garrison town of Damasak, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria has been put on hold after humanitarian compounds and stocks were destroyed, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said. This followed incessant attacks on the town by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). HumAngle reported on Tuesday, April 13, …

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    Amnesty International Calls Out Nigerian Government On Failure To Secure Schools

    Amnesty International has called out the Nigerian government’s failure to secure the safe release of the Chibok girls, seven years after their abduction by terrorists in the Northeast region of the country. The human rights organisation in a statement marking the seven-year anniversary of the abduction of the schoolgirls highlighted how the increase in school …

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    Nigerian Professor Secures $2.5 Million To Boost Public Health

    Bosede Afolabi, an obstetrics and gynaecology professor at the University of Lagos has been awarded a $2.5 million research grant by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Her project titled the ‘Intravenous Versus Oral Iron for Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnant Nigerian Women (IVON): a randomised controlled trial’ which won her the grant, will see …

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    Collective Efforts From Government, Community Leaders Essential In Fighting Gender-Based Violence – Amina Mohammed

    Amina Mohammed, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, says the main solution to gender-based violence is a change of mindset, noting that the government alone cannot solve the problem. “It is about our religious, traditional leaders and our mothers in communities coming together to preach against it,” Mohammed said in an interview with Aljazeera on Monday. …

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