Carving Our Desired Future…
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is the partial or complete removal of the external sex organs (clitoris) of a female child between 0-15 years of age, also known as female circumcision. This practice is a tradition/ritual that is slowly going into extinction; however, some traditional families still uphold it. A few people practicing FGM claim that …
Hello ladies and gentlemen, it’s your girl again!I hope you all are doing well.Today, I will be enlightening you on something I think it’s crucial for us to be aware of. Recently, I realized that some people in my home country, Nigeria, take energy drinks like they take juice without knowing it can be harmful …
What comes to mind when you hear the word “stigmatization”? As for me, I think about people with communicable diseases like HIV, Hepatitis, and the likes. And a communicable disease is one that can be transmitted from one person to another.Oh please excuse my manners. How are we doing? I trust we’ve been good.Now I …
Watching MTV Shuga’s HIV series, a few years back, opened my eyes to several things as it relates to HIV/AIDS patients. It made me understand that being HIV positive is just like having an ulcer. “If you can keep up with the treatment, you can live a normal life.” HIV/AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease …
Yesterday, I had a discussion with members of an online group about “marrying an HIV-positive person,” and the response was a mix of adequate knowledge and lack of it. Here are some of the comments;“See… the least I can do is stand by the person and help her manage the situation… I wouldn’t lie to …
Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a deficiency that weakens the immune system, thereby limiting the potential to fight off other diseases or infections. If HIV is not treated at the earlier stage, it can lead to a deadlier disease known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). There are ways to manage the virus in order to live …
As I always say, stigmatization is the fastest killer for an HIV-positive person. It even kills more rapid than the virus. And this is so because being a victim of stigmatization leads to several things; it leads to the inability to take good care of oneself, thereby leading to accommodating the virus. And when there …
COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, is a reality right now. Although positive social support can improve our capacity to cope with this stress, but now, we’re being encouraged to keep a social distance from others to minimize the spread of this virus. In advanced countries, many people are facing isolation if they …
It is no longer news that the COVID-19 pandemic has stopped most of us from going to work. When I first heard the news that I didn’t have to go to work (nor work from home), I was excited not because of my safety but because I needed to relax. But now, all I want …
