| |
Maternal Mortality
How cellphones reduced maternal deaths in Nigeria
Eugene Ohu | 03 February 2013
Ondo State in western Nigeria is leading a two-year revolution through the astute use of communication and technology. By distributing cell phones to poor pregnant women in rural areas, it has reduced maternal and infant mortality by 30%. While lobbyists and nations with population agendas are busy bandying doubtful statistics about the causes of maternal and child deaths, officials from this little state of 3.4 million people, located 100km from Lagos, discovered why so many women were dying.
|
|
| From MercatorNet's home page |
The Boy Scouts cave in
24 May 2013
Under enormous pressure, they have voted to welcome openly gay scouts. What message does the change in policy send young…
A boy’s life with unisex scouts
23 May 2013
The Boy Scouts of America will vote today on whether they will admit homosexual scouts. Will they become the Unisex…
Necessary excuses
23 May 2013
“Comfort women”, carpet bombing, atom bombs, lethal drones and genocide can all be justified by appeals to necessity.
Digital multitasking: scourge or blessing?
22 May 2013
How can we teach students to focus on what they ought to be doing?
Who or what is a “child”?
22 May 2013
Canada's Parliament lacks the courage to take a stand on defining when an unborn child will be protected by the…
|
|
| Tags |
|
close-knit family,
Kenya,
love for life,
safe abortion, safe motherhood, saaf, w.i.e.r.d,
Harambee awards,
tech hubs,
media bias,
africa cult of ancestors,
African children, sos children, stories,
Boko Haram,
Communicating Africa,
books,
dreams from my father,
diversity, ethnicity, kenyan tribe,
africa hopeful,
art,
Nigerian Christians,
africa rising,
The Economist,
Ibo,
health policy,
Chinua Achebe,
Rwanda,
Pope Benedict XVI,
images of africa,
african values,
papabile,
barack obama family,
Things fall apart,
history,
infrastructure,
Ghana,
Ihub,
madonna, malawi, aid, corruption,
Cardinal Turkson,
maternal mortality,
china trade, chinese president xi, partnerships, foreign direct investment, china, united states,
New York Times,
Coltan, PlayStation, Natural Resources,
african community life,
large families,
same-sex marriage,
Conclave 2013,
mail, al qaeda, french military, intervention, neo-colonialism,
africa story,
Uzoamaka Maduka, the american reader, literary culture,
African women legacy, true feminism,
African writers series,
information technology,
demography,
heroes,
Nigeria,
economics,
Pope Benedict retirement,
African Pope,
media,
aid, gleneagles, tony blair, bono, bob geldof,
sistine chapel,
funerals,
fertility,
good news,
Harambee,
|
|
SiteMap 
