Artur Sarkpa, a staff member at the St. Francis Youth Friendly Center, administers a Depo-Provera contraceptive injection to Jalamutee. (Photo: Tina S. Mehnpaine) On a bright Tuesday morning in Cesto, Rivercess County, Angelina Jalamutee, 25, walks to the St. Francis Hospital Youth Friendly Center (YFC). She is there for her scheduled Depo-Provera shot, a family planning injection she receives every three months. For Jalamutee, who had her first pregnancy at age 17, followed

African wetlands are among the continent’s most vital ecosystems, yet they remain some of its most endangered. These landscapes support human livelihoods, sustain wildlife, regulate water systems, and play a critical role in climate resilience. Despite their importance, wetlands across Africa continue to face degradation driven by pollution, encroachment, over harvesting, and weak conservation frameworks. According to the National Geographic Resource Library, a wetland is an

Nigerian women shoulder the cost of surgery and contraception as the government prioritizes other health programmes. Women of African descent are four times more likely to have uterine fibroids. Although many of these cases are asymptomatic and undiagnosed, published estimates say black women face a higher lifetime risk of up to 80% by age 50, globally. These high risk factors are linked to genetics, hormones, and delay in care during the first five years of diagnosis. ​Yet i

Rose sits in the waiting room of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Isolo, Lagos, waiting to receive her prescription for oral contraceptives. While her husband supports her decision, her family does not, and she is here despite their insistence on her having more children before trying them, believing that they can take away her fertility. That she’s even able to get these contraceptives would have been unthinkable just a few years ago: Rose has never heard about Roe v. Wade, bu