The Ifako community in the Gbagada area of Lagos State has risen up to the challenge to address the needs of adolescents more proactively. At the Ifako Community Outreach Day, organised by AHI, and hosted by the Baale of Ifako, ...

Do You Think You Might Be Pregnant? To get pregnant, a girl has to have had sexual intercourse, or has been with a boy who ejaculated very near opening of her vagina. If you have been having sex, you could ...

by Akata Julianah Eko Girls’ Grammar School, Okota It all started one day when I went to see Ngozi, a friend of mine who lived on the street next to mine. When I got to her place, she was not ...

What Kind of Friends Do You Have? by Ogbejiele Peter. Ex-student, National College Gbagada What kind of friends do you have? Friends who disobey their parents? Or are stubborn and arrogant? What kind of friends do you have? Do you ...

Adolescence is a turbulent period for most people. Understandably so – you are saddled with decisions about career, lifestyle and sex. As a male child, it is even more difficult – you also have to make decisions about drugs, alcohol, ...

Principals from 30 secondary schools in the Somolu Local Government Education District of Lagos State, participated at the seminar on Managing Adolescent Sexual Health and Development, organised by Action Health Incorporated, in Lagos last May. The seminar was aimed at ...

Excerpts from an article by ‘Nike O. Esiet, AHI Project Director, published in the Guardian of May 28, 1996 As the world marks the 1996 International day for Action for Women’s Health, teenage girls in Nigeria continue to account for ...

Teens Get Ready…to take charge of their lives Vol 4. No. 2 Front Cover Teens Get Ready…to take charge of their lives Inside this Issue A Call for Action: Excerpts from an article by ‘Nike O. Esiet, AHI Project Director, ...