Date of Publication: NOV. 2016 SOURCE: GUARDIAN
Abducted Chibok schoolgirl found with baby by Nigerian army
The girl, Maryam Ali Maiyanga, was “discovered to be carrying a 10-month-old son”, army spokesman says CHIBOK SCHOOL GIRL RESCUE More than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in 2014 Boko Haram freed 21 of the girls in October CHIBOK SCHOOL GIRL RESCUE Army offensive in Boko Haram’s forest stronghold (Adds quotes, details, […]
AfDB approves US $1M grant to finance nutrition campaign Borno State
Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday, November 4, 2016 approved a US $1-million emergency assistance grant to support the fight against malnutrition in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno AfDB GRANT FOR NORTH EAST NIGERIA. AfDB GRANT FOR NORTH EAST NIGERIA The Nigerian Health Ministry had in […]
Freed Chibok girls spared from abuse and rape by Nigeria’s Boko Haram
Health workers confirmed the girls were not sexually abused while in captivity, and tested negative for sexually transmitted diseases rescued chibok girls By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, Nov 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last month say they were not abused or […]
WHO,Partners support measles vaccination in Borno State
WHO and health partners helped vaccinate more than 10 000 children against measles in 2 days in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the conflict-affected Borno State. Since 6 June 2016, health clinics in IDP camps in Borno State have seen increasing numbers of measles cases. From early September until […]
More hard-to-reach local government areas of Borno State benefit from integrated health service
Maiduguri, 08 November, 2016 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and Borno state Ministry of Health are scaling-up Hard-to-Reach programme (HTR) with training of 36 health workers as part of teams to serve people in prioritized difficult to access areas in six local government areas (LGAs) in Borno State health […]
USAID deploys disaster assistance response team to Nigeria
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today that it is dispatching a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Nigeria to support Government of Nigeria-led efforts to reduce food insecurity in the Boko Haram-affected regions of the country’s northeast emergency response north east nigeria “The U.S. Government […]
WHO donates emergency medical supplies for the response in Borno State, Nigeria
WHO has donated lifesaving medical supplies to three health sector partners responding to the emergency health needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Borno State, Nigeria. Two full Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHK) with enough medicines and supplies to provide essential care for 20 000 people for 3 months were […]
The IDPs situation, the importance of Open Data and Visual Storytelling
Date of Publication: SEPT. 2016 SOURCE: LINKEDIN
Nigeria: A tale of survival in Gwoza town
SOURCE: UNOCHA Date of Publication: OCT. 2016
