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The Story of my life: How I became Blind from Malaria (Part 2) 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 am
Here is the beginning of Philomena’s Story… Unfortunately, that was just the beginning. By the next day when I eventually came out of the coma, I could not open my eyelids as they felt tightly glued t...
What determines the severity of Malaria in Pregnancy? 21 Aug 2013 | 04:12 pm
This is the third piece continuation of the countdown to 50 things you did not know about Malaria in Pregnancy! as featured in our current issue of HALA Magazine (Malaria edition). Part 2- #Nigerian ...
Next time it Aches, THINK TWICE! 17 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
You know, there is a very good reason why drugs are often called poisons albeit administered in therapeutic doses; worse still when in over-dose. I have always known this, but I failed to warn her. An...
The Story of my life: How I became Blind from Malaria (Part 1) 16 Aug 2013 | 02:55 pm
Getting off my flight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and stepping on Nigerian soil had me feeling a sense of nostalgia. It had been just a couple of years since I travelled out of ...
#Nigerian Mothers: Getting Pregnant in a Malaria dense Country 14 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
In areas of stable Malaria transmission like Nigeria, the dynamics of our everyday ‘ordinary malaria infection’ changes for a pregnant woman. Understanding this basic fact is particularly important fo...
SEE LIST: Common African Food sources of Good & Bad Fats 12 Aug 2013 | 03:04 pm
We’ve recently been talking about understanding the new healthy-eating concept of Good fats vs. Bad fats and especially how they relate to Cholesterol- the trick being the type of fats eaten, and no...
50 Things you DID NOT know about Malaria in Pregnancy! 7 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
As featured in our Malaria edition of HALA Magazine, this is a countdown on 50 things you most likely do not know about Malaria in Pregnancy. In areas of stable malaria transmission like Nigeria, the ...
HALA Magazine: Radio Interview on Health-Friendly, Kapital FM, Abuja #WMD2013 2 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
#HALAsi: Background in brief A couple of weeks ago, Health And Life Africa Healthy-living Initiative (HALA) actively played a huge role in this year’s World Malaria Day’s (25th April, 2013) activism t...
World Breastfeeding Week August 1-7, 2013: “Latching on” to the Breast 1 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
In at least 170 Countries around the globe including Nigeria, August 1-7th is annually celebrated as the World Breastfeeding Week. Infant Breastfeeding is undeniably life-saving, its nature’s gift hen...
Understanding Febrile Convulsions & its Basic First Aid 31 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
During the early years of a child’s life, some Nigerian/African mums (actually any parent or care-giver) are likely to experience a turbulent situation that may arise in about 3% of children over the ...
