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United Nation Climate Change Conference (COP27): Outcomes on Impact of Climate Change on Health

Climate ChangeBy Nnagoziem Obinwa December 12, 2022

The climate-health crisis At the United Nation Climate Change Conference summits, the World Health Organization through a sculpture representing human lungs in the Health Pavilion emphasised one climate-related health danger—air pollution—in the summit’s official Blue Zone.[1] The World Health Organization has called climate change the biggest health threat facing humanity. From extreme heat to air pollution and…

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Addressing the Diabetes Burden in Nigeria through Policy and Health Education

Featured, Prevention and Elimination of NCDsBy Peter Okoye December 12, 2022

Diabetes is among the top range non-communicable diseases (NCD) affecting the highly productive segments of the Nigerian populace. It is a metabolic disorder of chronic hyperglycaemia, which is characterized by disturbances to carbohydrate, protein, and fat metabolism resulting from absolute or relative insulin deficiency resulting in dysfunction of the organ systems.[1] It is a chronic incurable…

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A Report on the Stakeholders Meeting for the Review and Validation of the Training Manual and Report of the Mapping of Service Providers in the North-West

Migration, UncategorizedBy Nnagoziem Obinwa December 12, 2022

A stakeholder’s meeting on the review and validation of anti-trafficking training manual prepared and designed by Centre for Health Ethics Law and Development (CHELD) was held from the 23rd of November -25th of November 2022. In attendance were officials from IOM, the Nigeria Immigration Services drawn from each of the states in the Northwest, NAPTIP…

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Annual report 2021

ReportBy Nnagoziem Obinwa November 21, 2022

Centre for Health Ethics Law and Development (CHELD) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization registered in Nigeria and established in 2010. We are a research think-tank and an implementer in the area of public health, mental health, child health and survival, gender-based violence, NCDs and migration, and their intersections with health, amongst other areas of interest.…

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Promoting Mental Health at the Work Place in Nigeria: A Policy Brief

Mental Health and DisabilityBy Olamide Omigbile November 1, 2022

Introduction According to WHO, mental health is a crucial and necessary part of healthy living. This can only be achieved when a person is in a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not just the absence of sickness or infirmity.[1] This definition, therefore, gives an insight into how mental health is crucial to…

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International Day for the Girl Child: A Career Talk Series

FeaturedBy Faith Babajamu November 1, 2022

To celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, CHELD anchored a session to equip young female undergraduates on carving out a niche in careers. It was an interactive session and participants learnt practical steps to network, volunteer, begin, improve and progress in careers as young people. Participants were also taught how to choose, and…

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Period Poverty In Nigeria: Mitigating The Monthly Struggle For Women And Girls Through Free Sanitary Products

Featured, Public HealthBy Faith Babajamu November 1, 2022

Period poverty which is women and girls’ inadequate access to sanitary products and education, is an extension of the widespread poverty existing in Nigeria. With 95.1 million people projected to be living below the poverty line in 2022[1] amid extremely scarce resources, there is little emphasis placed on providing menstrual hygiene and health products…

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MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AT THE WORKPLACE

Featured, Mental Health and DisabilityBy Peter Okoye November 1, 2022

Mental health is recognised as the totality of the psychological, socio-economic, emotional and physical well-being of the individual. Accordingly, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised mental health to be the state of guaranteed level of well-being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with what is believed to be…

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Dementia: An Overview

Featured, Prevention and Elimination of NCDsBy Peter Okoye October 5, 2022

Dementia is a general term for loss of memory, language, problem-solving and other thinking abilities that are severe enough to interfere with daily life. Though dementia mostly affects older adults, it is not a part of normal aging. Symptoms The symptoms of dementia depends on the cause, but common signs and symptoms include: cognitive changes (memory…

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CHELD/GfHL Cervical Cancer Awareness Campaign

Featured, Public HealthBy Nnagoziem Obinwa October 5, 2022

Girls for Health and Literacy (GfHL) with funding from Centre for Health and Ethics, Law and Development (CHELD) recently organised a two-day cervical cancer awareness campaign at Abraka and Obiaruku towns in Delta State to educate women in both communities on the issue of cervical cancer and the importance of pap smear screening to identify…

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