The Guide

Lagos  is the most densely inhabited city of Nigeria. The city is the hub of economic activity in the nation. The greater metropolitan area is comprised of a series of islands featuring a lagoon and streams. There are both private and public hospitals which serve the people of Lagos. Hygeia Nigeria runs  Lagoon Hospitals in two cities, one of them being in Lagos. Established in 1984, Lagoon Hospital is located at 11A Idejo Street, Victoria Island. Lagoon Hospital offers a high level of comprehensive medical care including primary care, health assessment, specialist care and preventive health screening facilities for the people of the city. The hospital provides treatment in a wide range of medical branches like internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, psychiatry, dermatology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, physiotherapy, cardiology, hematology, neurosurgery and thoracic surgery. The hospital also runs an AIDS/HIV management program. Additionally they can arr

Women need access to dual protection and more female-controlled options. Women need access to dual protection and more female-controlled options. If you’ve been following the discussion around the World Health Organization’s technical guidance  on hormonal contraception and HIV, chances are you’ve seen this message emerge. So what female-controlled, dual protection methods are available today—methods that help prevent both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV? Right now the female condom is the only method that fits this bill. But don’t let the term deceive you—there are actually quite a few  different female condom designs . Some of which, are just beginning to make their way into the hands of women, helping to expand choices for urgently needed dual protection. One of these is the  Woman’s Condom , which the public voted into the top 10 technologies and innovations in the  Women Deliver 50 contest . Under funding from USAID and other donors, the Woman’s Condom