Veronica Mwaba is the founder of Dziwa Science and Technology (DSaT) Trust a not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote science communication and advocacy. Prior to her designation, she served as an Administrative Assistant at the largest economic bloc – the…
Why drug abuse persists in Liberia- Nyanquellah
Nyanquellah Livingstone, a Nurse, Mental Health Clinician and an Evangelist is the CEO and Founder of Raising Godly Generation Inc. a non-profit organization that is working on persons with substance use disorder , disadvantaged women and girls, street children and…
How to address healthcare challenges in Nigeria – Founder Moses Lake Medical Team
One of the unsung heroes of Africa in America is Lateef Olaniyan who holds Doctor of Pharmacy at theUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL. U.S.A. The Nigerian born Pharmacist founded the Moses Lake Medical Team, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization in…
International Society of Media in Public Health develops Toolkit on COVID-19
By Sunday Oyinloye As Europe battles second wave of corona virus with anxiety in other parts of the world, a Non-Governmental Organisation in Nigeria, International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH) has developed Advocacy Toolkit on COVID-19 and presented…
Malnutrition: Curse of Nigerian children
By Sunday Oyinloye For a Nutritionist, Daniel Ayoade , Nigerian children have no business with hunger or malnutrition because of the abundant natural and human resources as well as arable and fertile lands that dot most parts of the country. …
Stakeholders, health experts want more media and government attention for Nutrition
By Sunday Oyinloye Against the background of the danger malnutrition poses to public health in Nigeria, International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH) in collaboration with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Advocacy partners – Aisha Buhari Foundation (ABF), Civil Society…
COVI-19: the pandemic that ‘silenced’ Nutrition in Nigeria
By Sunday oyinloye If anyone had predicted by this time of last year that the world would be held to ransom by a virus, no one would have believed, but the unexpected has happened far beyond human imagination. Not only…
Inside the agonising world of Nigeria’s malnourished children
By Sunday Oyinloye His frail physique on spindly legs readily stood him out. Potbellied and with thin frame, his dark leathery skin was riddled with that tinge of faded white indicative of the onset of rashes. Farouk and his ragtag…
When ISMPH and Chestrad Global punctured COVID-19 infodemic
By Sunday Oyinloye In March this year, two Nigerian young men produced a video that lasted just 29 seconds where one acted as “Ebola” and the other as “Corona”. “Ebola” called “Corona” to find out where he was and “Corona”…
Nigerian government exposes children to danger with zero allocation for Nutrition
By Sunday Oyinloye These are really not the best of times for the world as most economies are crumbling due to the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic which literally shut the world for months, and even now that the lockdown…
