Nigeria is a large country with a population of over 100 million people of different ethnic groups and cultures. Of this population, over 21 million are young people whose sexual and reproductive health status ranks among the poorest in the ...
Monthly Archives: June 1998
Let’s Catch Them Young
Thursday, 11th June 1998 was like any other day at the AHI Youth Centre when suddenly, the pitter, and patter of tender feet took over the airwaves. Twenty pupils of Yetunde Brown Nursery/Primary School, Ifako had come calling. The guests ...
Reproductive Health Services: A Right
To sensitize the general public on the need for improved health care services for women, 28th of May has been set aside to commemorate the International Day of Action on Women’s Health all over the world. The Guest Speaker for ...
Growing Up Without Tobacco
May 31st of every year has been set aside by the United Nations to mark the World ‘No Tobacco ‘Day and the theme for the year’s celebration was “Growing up without Tobacco”. This was necessitated by the fact that studies ...
ECOWAS Youth forum
Youths representing universities and various youth focused NGOs convened at the National Youth Service Corps Camp, Abuja to participate in the first ECOWAS Youth Forum /Training Workshop. The theme of the forum was “preparing Youth for 21st Century: ECOWAS Region ...
World Health Day At AHI
World Health Day is an annual event celebrated the world over the theme for this year’s event was Safe Motherhood. As a prelude to the event, posters were distributed in schools inviting students to the Youth Centre for the occasion ...
The Health Risks of Smoking
May be you already know what smoking does to your body. You’ve heard that smoking causes diseases. Even the warning label on the cigarette pack says how dangerous it is. But you see a lot of healthy-looking people who smoke. ...
Poems – June 1998
DELINQUENCY by, Gilbert O. Egule The International Federation of Women Lawyers We read in the papers, we hear on the air Of killings and stealing and crime everywhere We sigh and we say, as we notice the trend “This young ...
International Day Against Drug Abuse
Report by Dolapo Adefioye The International Day against Drug Abuse is day the world is alerted to the threats posed by drug abuse to individuals, families and the society as a whole. Therefore, the drug issue, the promotion and enhancement ...
Youths and Drug Abuse
It can be difficult for any young person to resist the appealing/attractive lure of the advertisements of the seemingly harmless drugs: alcohol and tobacco, which are all over the place. These adverts make it look as if success and recognition ...