By Bashir Hassan Abubakar Towards fast tracking the passage of a proposed bill seeking for the establishment of sanitary pad banks in Bauchi State shools for enhanced menstrual hygiene management, a women led NGO, Women For Women International (WFWI) has organised a One Day meeting with Bauchi Legislators aimed at reviewing the proposed bill for […]
ASHH Foundation Takes Anti SGBV Awareness Campaign to Secondary School in Bauchi By Bashir Hassan In a renewed commitment to bring about a society that is free from gender-based violence (GBV), the ASHH Foundation has adopted a strategy of enlightening young people to become advocates and ambassadors for change. Recognizing the importance of early intervention,
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By Suzan Edeh The United National Children Fund (UNICEF) and all its implementing partners in plateau and Bauchi states have conducted it’s 2024 End of year Review and 2025-27 work plan consultations in order to discuss achievements, key challenges and actions required to address challenges in different sectors of the states. Speaking at the one
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By Elizabeth Carr Bauchi State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Child Development and Social Welfare, Zainab Baban Tanko has commended Governor Bala Mohammed for giving women a new recognition in the social and political spheres of the State. She was speaking at aone day stakeholders consultative meeting on review of the Bauchi State gender policy held
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By Bashir Hassan Abubakar Every year the Federal and State Government’s Primary Health Care Development Agencies and World bodies like UNICEF, WHO and other International humanitarian organisations commemorates World Exclusive Breastfeeding Week (WEBW) with lots of awareness creation on the benefits of breastfeeding newborns exclusively, for the first six months after birth. This practice of
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By Lizzy Carr The executive chairman Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Board Dr Rilwanu Mohammed has acknowledged the support of Africa Health Budget Network (AHBNs) and AFENET in the Zero Dose Learning Hub implementation in the state that has helped Bauchi to achieve 87% Penta 3 uptake as contained in NDHS 2023/24. This he
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By Bashir Hassan The ongoing Measles Integrated Campaign is recording an appreciable level of success in Bauchi Metropolis. Our Correspondent, who was part of a select group of Journalists that went round some of the Primary Health Care Centres on Day Three of the exercise, observed impressive turnout of caregivers who were availing themselves the
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By Amina Ahmed Medical experts have identified poor and inadequate breastfeeding as a major reason behind malnutrition. Malnutrition is a major contributor to high infant mortality rate in Nigeria and other African countries. Food insecurity is a leading cause of the scourge as it inhibits mothers from boosting their dietary intake and produce enough milk
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By Bashir Hassan Abubakar The ASHH Foundation initiated Community Peace Mediators (CPMs) in Bauchi and Ganjuwa LGAs of Bauchi State have conducted their monthly review and feedback meetings. A press statement by ASHH Foundation’s Communication officer, Joseph Sule said, the meeting had documented 10 cases handled by mediators in Kafin Madaki community. The report from
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By Mohammed Isa In a bid to enhance awareness on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) amongst young women and adolescents girls of reproductive age, a Bauchi based NGO, ASHH Foundation recently conducted a sensitization exercise for 25 religious leaders across 5 communities in Dass Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The the sensitization activity
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