Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) The destructive traditional practice known as female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the removal of the external female genitalia entirely or in part, along with other injuries to the female genital organs performed for non-medical reasons. Each country has its justifications for female genital mutilation (FGM) even though female genital mutilation (FGM)…
As part of its activities to mark the 2023 World Mental Health Day, CHELD organised an interactive session with students of Kuramo Senior College, VI to teach them the importance of balancing their academic demands with their mental well-being. Some of the topics covered during the session include: overview of mental health, its myths,…
CHELD was at Bankys Private School to talk with secondary school students about mental health care and how to balance academic demands and their mental needs. About 100 students actively participated in the meeting with some of their teachers in attendance. Nigeria bears the highest burden of depression among young people in Africa. The rate…
CHELD partnered with the students of the psychology department, University of Uyo to organise an awareness walk to celebrate World Mental Health Day. The purpose was to sensitise the students and the entire community on the importance of mental health to a person’s overall well-being. The walk commenced at the Department of Psychology and traversed…
Greetings We are excited to invite you to the second session of the Online Sensitisation Series on Migration and Health, organised by the Centre for Health Ethics Law and Development (CHELD), in collaboration with the African Union Commission (AUC) and with the generous support of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). In our ongoing series,…
Centre for Health Ethics Law and Development (CHELD) partnered with Mo Reusable Pads Initiative to organise a transformative training workshop at the Karamijiji Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Abuja. The workshop was done under the CHELD Menstrual Hygiene Project, an initiative that focuses on providing hygienic menstrual products to improve the well-being and dignity of…
Introduction In the month of September, CHELD commenced activities on the GIZ/AUC project with the online sensitization series on Migration and Health. In partnership with the African Union Commission and with the generous support of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Centre for Health Ethics Law and Development (CHELD) organised an Online Sensitisation Series…
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…
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…
Climate change has numerous implications for public health. Its negative impact on food, water, and clean air access increases the severity or frequency of health problems already exacerbated by climate or weather variables and generates new problems in regions where they have never been before. It also contributes to the spread of infectious diseases and…