By Grateful Ogunjebe When the midwife wheeled the baby out, and the newborn’s face was blue, Dr. Owoicho Ojile didn’t hesitate. Within minutes, the theatre team had cut the uterus, freed the infant from a cord tightly wrapped around its neck, and handed a wailing, pink baby to its shocked mother. “If she’d pushed the…
By Ojoma Akor, Grateful Ogunjebe (Nigeria) & John Musenze (Uganda) Every year, cancer claims no fewer than 600,000 lives across Africa. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that 1,185,216 new cases and 763,843 were recorded in 2022. By 2040, cancer cases are projected to rise by more than 60% worldwide, with the sharpest…
By Peter Samuel Nzu, in the Igbo language, South East of Nigeria, is also known as Calabash chalk. It is a geophagic material consumed by many pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers as a remedy for morning sickness in most African countries. Consuming nzu (calabash chalk) during pregnancy has formed a critical subject of discourse on…
By Grateful Ogunjebe The pop of a can. The rush of sweetness. The instant surge of focus. For millions of Nigerians, from students cramming for exams to drivers powering through long shifts, energy drinks have become the unofficial fuel of modern life. But behind that familiar buzz lies a growing concern. Health experts warn that…
By Grateful Ogunjebe Children who arrive at school hungry often find it difficult to concentrate or keep up with their peers. Hunger doesn’t just affect the stomach; it slows down the brain, reduces attention span, and increases irritability. A child who misses breakfast may be physically present in class but mentally absent. In Nigeria,…
By Ojoma Akor Persons Living with HIV (PLWHIV) in sero-discordant marriages—where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is not—have said that adherence to treatment, proper counselling, among others, have helped them to live healthy and help maintain their partners’ negative status over the years. They told Health and Science Africa ( HSA) that…
