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CCSI tasks media on effective reportage of women’s health issues

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The Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), an NGO, has tasked the media on reportage of issues that promote women’s health.

The Technical Advisor of the organisation, Mr Oluyemi Abodunrin, made the call during sensitisation meeting organised for Kano- based journalists with support from Pathfinder International on Sunday in Kaduna.

The theme of the sensitisation is “Media advocacy for women’s health.”

Abodunrin, while delivering his lecture on “The Role of the Media in Improving Women’s Health”, said the programme was to highlight critical challenges impacting women’s health in Nigeria.

The technical advisor added that the challenges include high maternal mortality, limited access to healthcare, poverty, among others.

He further said that the event would assist in identifying factors that could lead to positive health outcomes for women, including Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs) and access to family planning.

He added that “I urge you to use your reports to combat stigma against women’s health, promote diversity and always ensure accuracy and balanced reports.”

According to him, journalists should always explore accurate available data in their reportage.

“You don’t just use data percentage; you need to operationalise the data by putting human angle to the figures, especially on women’s health, to raise awareness about their challenges,” he added.

Earlier, Dr Sakina Bello, Senior Programme Advisor at Pathfinder International, said journalists were expected to facilitate visibility of women’s health issues in Kano on their respective platforms.

She explained that the organisation’s plan to implement a project in Kano and Lagos was aimed at enhancing maternal and newborn health policies and increase funding for women’s health.

According to her, the one year project focuses on key challenges affecting women’s health in Nigeria, including high maternal mortality and limited access to healthcare, as well as poverty.

She stressed the importance of amplifying the voices and visibility of women’s health and rights issues through evidence-driven media advocacy.

On her part, Mrs Toyin Akande, the CCSI Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, explained that there are existing policies for women’s health in Kano State that can enhance reports of health reporters.

Some of the participants who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) lauded the organisers for the sensitisation.

They restated their commitment to contribute their quota by focusing and filing stories about health issues faced by women.

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Vaccine: News Incentives program disburses N4.7 bn to 1.8m Infants caregivers in 2023 

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Vaccine: New Incentives program disburses N4.7 bn to 1.8m Infants caregivers in 2023

 

By Admin December 2, 2023

 

New Incentives – All Babies Are Equal (NI-ABAE) program said it has provided cash incentives amounting to N4.7 billion to 1.8 million caregivers in northern Nigeria to increase childhood vaccination rates in 2023.

 

The Operations Coordinator, Mubarak Bawa made this known during a joint states stakeholders meeting held in Kano on Saturday.

 

He said, “The project provides cash incentives to caregivers in northern Nigeria to increase childhood vaccination rates.

 

“When caregivers bring their infant in for routine immunizations, we provide a small cash incentive and information about the importance of vaccinations.

 

“The program operates in government clinics in partnership with the state, local governments and immunization partners.

 

“So far we have recorded 1,838,981 enrollments from 163 Local Government Areas covering 48,795 settlements and 5,240 clinics.

 

According him, they also recorded 346,521 disbursement sessions, 6,033,921 disbursements, 23,022,078 vaccines encouraged and an amount of N4.7 billion.

 

Also speaking, the Kano State Routine Immunization focal person, Mukhtar Abubakar, said that at the state level, the program had significantly improved the uptake of routine immunization.

 

According to him, their indices were very low in routine immunization but now, it has increase improving in all facilities.

 

Some of the participants in their presentations acknowledged an increase on the number of communities and health facilities reached, cash disbursed, and challenges encountered.

 

They also reported significant increase in the number of mothers bringing their children for vaccination in their various areas.

 

New Incentives is an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that operates in Nigeria, running a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program.

 

They aim to increase infantile vaccination through cash transfers, raising public awareness and reducing the frequency of vaccine stockout.

 

The Implementing and participating states are Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto, Taraba, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna Adamawa, Gombe and Bauchi States and also some states from the Northeast.

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Fibroid Care Center conducts 392 Successful Procedures in 2 years 

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Nordica’s Fibroids Care Center has recorded 392 successful fibroid procedures in two years using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), technology.
The Obstetrician/Gynecologist and Managing Director of the center, Dr Abayomi Ajayi, said this while speaking at the training of medical doctors on HIFU technology on Saturday in Kano.
He noted that the engagement with the medical doctors was organized to tell them how far the center ha gone and the best way to manage fibroid.
Ajayi explained that Nordica Fibroid Care Center in Lagos was the only HIFU center in West Africa, after South Africa and Egypt.
The center boss, added that the center was established to revolutionized women’s health with the help of HIFU technology.
He further said that the ultra scan was converted into heat in HIFU procedure, which burns the fibroid and the blood supply.
According to him, the procedure is performed within one or two hours, depending on the size of the fibroid.
“It is necessary to undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) before the surgery is done and that the journey begins with an ordinary scan.
“The treatment of fibroid has transcended from very invasive, to minimal invasive, invasive in that you have to do surgery.
“fibroids are benign lumps that grow in the uterus and they are most prevalent benign tumors of the female pelvis, about 70 to 80 percent of women below 50 years will have fibroids.
“The cause of fibroid is not sure but hormones and genetics may play a part. The risk factors for uterine fibroids includes age, race, getting your period at a very young age, birth control use, being overweight and other factors.
“Many women are asymptomatic but can be diagnosed through incidental finding and other symptoms including heavy menstrual bleeding, pelvic pain and prolonged menstrual periods usually for more than a week,” he said.
Some of the participants who spoke at the occasion lauded the center for training.
They also promised to share the knowledge with others particularly gynaecologist and Obstetricians.

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Kano detected 26,271 Tuberculosis cases in 1 year – Official

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 The Kano State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (KNS-TBLCP), says it has detected and notified 26,271 TB cases in 2022.
The State TB Programme Manager, Dr Ibrahim Gano stated this during the TIFA-SOFT project dissemination meeting, on Thursday in Kano.
He said that 9,941 cases had been detected in the last quarter of 2022, the highest quarterly TB notification figure ever in Nigeria.
He said that any untreated TB patient could transmit the disease to about 10 -15 people within a year, adding that Kano being the most populous state in Nigeria, and one of the five high TB burden states.
Gano said the government in collaboration with partners accorded premium to quality healthcare delivery and wellbeing of the people to make the state TB-Free.
He said the state government has expanded TB diagnostic equipment to cover distant communities across the state.
“The state government has deployed mobile TB screening tools and machines for TB screening and diagnosis. Training of healthcare workers on TB diagnosis, treatment and reporting.
“Expansion of TB diagnosis and treatment services to more private health facilities. Enhanced collaboration with all our partners, Community Based Organisations (CBOs), Civil Society Krganisations (CSOs), professional associations as well as traditional and religious leaders,” he said.
Earlier, Iboro Girdon, the Project Coordinator, Tuberculosis Implementation Framework Agreement and Social Franchise for TB Contact Investigation (TIFA-SOFT), said the project was designed to improve uptake of TB prevention therapy across the private health facilities in the state.
The project, she said also seeks to increase contact investigation and screening in the facilities.
“We noticed that over the years the private health facilities lack enough manpower to carryout investigation that is why KNCV engaged CBOs to find cases and placed them on TB prevention therapy”.
She said the project surpassed its target and achieved 183 per cent in TB prevention uptake.
“We have been able to place 15,000 households contacts on TB preventive therapy and reach over 9,000 household index cases and placed them on TB prevention therapy,” Gordon said.

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