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Introducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project | Silver Lining Nigeria Blog
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. Introducing Cervical Cancer Screening in Nigeria through a Social Franchise Project. July 1, 2015. June 30, 2015. Cervical Cancer is the most common female cancer in developing countries, with approximately. 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. Second most frequent cancer in women. After breast cancer. Around the world. A woman dies of cervical cancer. Ada Ezeokoli and Chioma Thomas. Society for Family Health.
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Nigeria marks 1 year Polio free! | Silver Lining Nigeria Blog
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. Nigeria marks 1 year Polio free! July 24, 2015. July 24, 2015. Today, 24 July 2015 will mark 12 months since the last reported case of polio in Nigeria and this progress is thanks to the hard work of the Nigerian Government, partners, religious and community leaders, and health workers. It is still too early to celebrate as it takes three years after the last case for a country to be declared fully polio-free (as opposed to ...
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Gestational Diabetes: What you need to know | Silver Lining Nigeria Blog
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. Gestational Diabetes: What you need to know. June 30, 2015. June 30, 2015. Diabetes is complicated, but in a nutshell it means you have abnormally high levels of sugar in your blood. Here’s what happens:. Any pregnancy complication is concerning, but there’s good news. Expectant moms can help control gestational diabetes by eating healthy foods, exercising and, if necessary, taking medication. Controlling blood...In gestatio...
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World Hepatitis Day 2015 | Silver Lining Nigeria Blog
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. World Hepatitis Day 2015. July 28, 2015. July 28, 2015. Hepatitis is a term used to describe the inflammation of the liver as a result of viral infection or exposure to harmful or toxic substances such as drugs or alcohol. While some types of hepatitis will pass without causing permanent damage to the liver, chronic cases can cause cirrhosis, liver failure or cancer. The most common type of hepatitis, HCV is most commonly tr...
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INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING/ WORLD DRUG DAY 2015 #WDD15 | Silver Lining Nigeria Blog
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING/ WORLD DRUG DAY 2015 #WDD15. June 26, 2015. June 26, 2015. Truly, Drug abuse and trafficking causes immeasurable pain and suffering to those who end up becoming addicted to these substances. Drug abuse hurts the people who take drugs AND the people around them, including families, kids, and babies who aren’t yet born. It also hurts the body and the br...Depending o...
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. PREGNANCY AND MENTAL HEALTH. May 25, 2016. May 25, 2016. In the words of Glenn Close, award winning American actress, “. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation about illnesses that affects not only individuals but their families as well. In fact, they are more at risk of developing mental health problems or having an exacerbation of an already existing mental health problem. This ...
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World Breastfeeding Week 2015 | Silver Lining Nigeria Blog
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. World Breastfeeding Week 2015. August 4, 2015. August 3, 2015. Breastfeeding in the workplace, in practice, can mean several things. And other related issues. However with working mothers only having 3months of maternity it seems as though 6months exclusive breastfeeding is impossible for them. Although a lot of women really want to keep breastfeeding when they go back to work, they don’t even realize that it could...Making ...
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. TOGETHER, WE WILL KICK POLIO OUT OF NIGERIA! October 24, 2016. Today is world polio day! Photo credit: awarenessdays.co.uk. Today is the World Polio day, a day where stakeholders in the fight against polio come together to evaluate how far they have gone. So, this is as good a time as any to evaluate how far the world has come in the fight against polio. Everybody has a role to play: from the parents who agree to have their ...
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Sickle Cell & Pregnancy | Silver Lining Nigeria Blog
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Silver Lining Nigeria Blog. Efforts Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health. Sickle Cell & Pregnancy. June 15, 2015. Sickle cell disease often becomes more severe and pain episodes more frequent during pregnancy, particularly in the third trimester. A pregnant woman with sickle cell disease is more likely to have a miscarriage, still birth, preterm labor, or a low-birth-weight baby and Sickle cell pregnancies are almost always considered high risk. Additional complications for the mother may include:.
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