CIHP FIGHTS COVID-19 WITH INNOVATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS; “LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND”
World Health Organization declared COVID 19 (C-19) a pandemic on 11th of March, 2020 and Nigeria confirmed its first case in Lagos State on 27th February 2020 at the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The government declared Lagos State as the…
SUSTAINING ACCESS TO SAFE WATER IN GOMBE SCHOOL: 5,000 PUPILS BENEFIT
From 2018 till date, Center for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP) has provided educational support to 300 primary and secondary schools in Kaduna, Kogi, Gombe and Lagos states with over 11,000 Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) children benefiting. In Gombe State, Northern Nigeria, more than 5,000…
COMMUNITY HIV TESTING REACHES OVER 90,000 INDIVIDUALS IN KOGI STATE IN LESS THAN A YEAR
Between 2019 and 2021, Kogi State experienced a decline in hospital attendance of more than 45%. This was made worse by incessant health care worker’s strikes, insecurity, and difficult terrains to some communities. To address this challenge, Center for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP) collaborated with…
CIHP IDENTIFIES MORE THAN 1,600 HIV POSITIVE CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITHIN THREE YEARS IN KADUNA STATE
Kaduna state has witnessed a trail of bandit attacks, kidnapping and terrorism. The insecurity experienced across many local government areas as well as the effect of the year 2020 COVID-19 pandemic movement restrictions reduced access to health facilities. As a result, identifying children living with…
CIHP PIONEERS INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY PMTCT SERVICES IN LAGOS USING TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANTS
Center for Integrated Health Programs (CIHP) has introduced an innovative approach to give pregnant women HIV services in the community. The approach, Community Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV services, (Community PMTCT) utilizes traditional birth centers and community-based organizations to mobilize pregnant women to test…
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