Immunisation: Putting an end to vaccine-preventable deaths
NEWBORNS inherit specific antibodies from their mothers, which help them fend off a galaxy of diseases. Experts however say that from six months of age, these antibodies start to diminish and by the time a child is one-year-old, would have completely disappeared.
Ebola: Should you worry about it?
News of this deadly virus has hit the airwaves and are not about to go away. the scaremongering machine has been put in motion but should you be afraid? Here’s some background information about Ebola, a virus with a high fatality rate that was first identified in Africa in 1976.
WITIN boosts girls’ ICT access with national technovation pitch challenge
AS part of measures to further bridge the gap between girls and boys access to Information and Communications Technology (ICT), the Women in Technology in Nigeria (WITIN) on Tuesday in Lagos, hosted the 2014 edition of Tech 4D forum for women with theme women leading through technology.
Destressing the right way
lot has been said about stress and it’s effects on your health and beauty. Still it appears there is no escape if you live in a cosmopolitan city such as Lagos. If you’re a working woman, you’re even more prone, with multiple responsibilities at home, work and to extended family. We’ve heard it all from […]
Convicting Wife Killer, Arowolo: That it may not be in Vain
DOMESTIC violence has taken a big hit, in Nigeria, in recent times.
Various non-governmental organizations have accessed funds both locally and internationally with which they are working pro-bono, as well as looking after victims of the scourge and their children.
Invest in the Education of Children – Dame Abimbola Fashola
Maryam Abdullahi lived with her family in a shack in Ilupeju, Lagos, where her father worked. Life was uncertain and tough, but the illiterate couple from the northern part of the country was able to manage to send Maryam- the last of four children- to school.
