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Justiceforchisom : The family of late Chisom Jane Anekwe (nee Okereke) and LEAP Africa Alumni are demanding for justice following her painful death at the Magodo Specialist Hospital. The young mother of two daughters died on April 30th, 2017, while giving birth to her third child, a boy after a prolonged labour. Sadly, the baby also died. According to her family members and friends, Chisom was abandoned and left unattended to deal with labour pains and other pregnancy complications. she was  laid to rest in Awka, Anambra State today, May 16. Yet another report of a needless death by a Mother at the point of childbirth. Annually, 36,000 Nigerian women die in the process of childbirth, with 69 children out of 100,000 dying in the process of birth As a pregnant woman in Nigeria, should we begin to write our will when it is time to go in for delivery in Nigeria ???? On the   # Justiceforchisomcase   . First of all there are some very important informatio...

After looking for a place to urinate for the fifth time in 50 minutes while doing some shopping at the main market, Bolanle knew it was high time to go and get some urine infection test done with the little cramps that comes with the urge to pee. This is not because of the "every 10 minutes urinating" but because of the unhygienic places she found herself using when the sudden urge to pee comes. She could recall a particular incident where she had to pee at a refuse dump after a visit to her local stylist salon and the sudden urge to go arose. Choi! If only she could carry her clean, well perfumed and sanitized home rest room around she will. Bolanle knew frequent urge to urinate is normal in pregnancy but what was not normal was the burning sensation and the foul smell that comes with it.   A chat with doctor revealed "Up to 10 percent of expectant moms will get a urinary tract infection (UTI) at some point during their pregnancies, according to the March of D...