World Humanitarian Day 2023 brings us the powerful theme “No Matter What” which embodies the unwavering determination of humanitarians who go above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of others, especially when it comes to maternal healthcare. In a world where challenges can often feel insurmountable, there are those who rise above adversity READ MORE
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Primary Versus Tertiary Healthcare: A Shift in Our Focus
In the depths of despair, amidst the shadows of adversity, hope emerges as a radiant beacon, casting its light upon the path of maternal care in Nigeria. Hope, a fragile yet potent force, sustains the hearts of expectant mothers and ignites a flame of possibility in the darkest corners of their circumstances. It is hope that whispers promises of a brighter future, where maternal healthcare becomes a cornerstone of compassion and empowerment.
Benefits Of Water And Its Effect On The Kidney
Do you know, dehydration can cause joint pain?
Cartilage, found in joints and the disks of the spine, contains around 80 percent water. Long-term dehydration can reduce the joints’ shock-absorbing ability, leading to joint pain….
How Tension Affects Your Health And How To Reduce Everyday Stress.
The first step toward reducing stress is learning what your triggers are. “If you know what pushes your buttons, then avoid it….
Day by Day, the Giant of Africa Bleeds…
It is National Women’s Health Week, and there is an urgent need to make their health a priority in Nigeria…
HEALTHY EATING
Consuming healthy foods can boost how you feel on the inside and create a positive mood on the outside.
PHYSICAL EXERCISE: PHENOMENAL BENEFITS
Save A Child FundBy GEANCOFoundation Life-transforming Surgery for Indigent Children Donate Physical activity is an inclusive term that refers to any expenditure of energy brought about by bodily movement via the skeletal muscles. The distinguishing characteristic of exercise is that it is a structured activity specifically planned to develop and maintain physical fitness. Exercise is READ MORE
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SLEEP?
Save A Child Fund By GEANCO Foundation Life-transforming Surgery for Indigent Children Donate Sleep contrasts with wakefulness, in which state there is an enhanced potential for sensitivity and efficient responsiveness to external stimuli. Sleep is a normal, reversible, recurrent state of reduced responsiveness to external stimulation that is accompanied by complex and predictable changes in READ MORE
Health is a Human Right
It is World Health Day, everyone!This year’s theme, “Health for All”, serves as a reminder that healthcare should be accessible to everyone, regardless of their social or economic status. This is especially important for underserved women and children in Africa who continue to face significant barriers to accessing quality healthcare.As a body passionate about maternal healthcare in READ MORE
Highlighting the Role of our Modular Clinics
Our medical missions usually aim to provide quality healthcare to those living in suburban areas, especially the underserved. Following inception and establishment, our modular clinics have expanded their services to offer even more value to patients and families within the communities, before and after the medical missions. Our modular clinics stand out as a beacon of hope and lifeline for communities, proof that quality healthcare can be accessed despite location or socio-economic status. Its innovative approach and use of READ MORE
Reliving Moments from our 2022 Laparoscopic Surgery Missions
In Nigeria, especially in the suburban areas, there are a lot of people, both young and old, living with a hernia, diseases of the appendix, gall bladder, and even the ovary. It has been their sad reality for years, not because the pain is mild or the protrusion is a fashion statement, but because there READ MORE
A Sneak Peek Into Our Newly Launched Internship Program
We had been planning this internship program for three months now. The goal of the internship is to build a pool of capable people for projects and operations management in the healthcare programs we run. This ensures we have the manpower to grow, the interns can use their skills to get good jobs and make READ MORE
All There is To Know About The TBA Support Program
Held Event – The TBA Support Program It displeased our field staff in Enugu (Nigeria) to know that many pregnant mothers still left the primary health centre we had equipped, for the homes of traditional birth attendants. We had done much to reposition the health centre, yet some women wouldn’t go there. So, our staff READ MORE
Rejigging Traditional Birth Attendance – The GEANCO Effort
Paschaline, Sam and Amaka have always wondered why the pregnant women who they have been trying to help access quality delivery services at the primary health center (PHC), keep evading the health centers for the homes of the traditional birth attendants (TBA). To Paschaline and her friends working for GEANCO on the Anemia control program, READ MORE