When Malaria becomes Complicated: 50 things you wish you knew about Malaria

If there is one word that probably ought not to be used in describing or referring to Malaria, it should be the word ‘ordinary’ because as regular as ‘everyday malaria’ is, there is hardly anything ordinary about malaria; especially when it gets complicated. According to the current statistics by the National Malaria Control Program of […]

Philomena Nweze-Malaria complication of Blindness

The Story of my life: How I became Blind from Malaria (Part 2)

Here is the beginning of Philomena’s Story… Unfortunately, that was just the beginning. By the next day when I eventually came out of the coma, I could not open my eyelids as they felt tightly glued to each other. After several complaints the doctors eventually came around and applied an ointment which enabled them to […]

What determines the severity of Malaria in Pregnancy?

This is the third piece continuation of the countdown to 50 things you did not know about Malaria in Pregnancy! as featured in our current issue of HALA Magazine (Malaria edition). Part 2- #Nigerian Mothers: Getting Pregnant in a Malaria dense Country Determinants of the impact of Malaria during a pregnancy 26. WHAT? Factors that influence the severity […]

Philomena Nweze on HALA Magazine-Malaria

The Story of my life: How I became Blind from Malaria (Part 1)

Getting off my flight at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and stepping on Nigerian soil had me feeling a sense of nostalgia. It had been just a couple of years since I travelled out of the country but I was finally coming back home for good. The buzzing sound of people bustling all around […]

#Nigerian Mothers: Getting Pregnant in a Malaria dense Country

In areas of stable Malaria transmission like Nigeria, the dynamics of our everyday ‘ordinary malaria infection’ changes for a pregnant woman. Understanding this basic fact is particularly important for new mums who already have to deal with many other physiologic/normal body changes of Pregnancy. The countdown continues from 50 Things you do Not know about […]