Nigeria: Drughelpnet - a Lifeline for Female Drug Users in the Midst of a Pandemic

[This Day] Abuja -Yemisi, a student in one of the more than 170 Nigerian universities, is pregnant and a drug user. As a result of the COVID-19 imposed lockdown, her university was closed and she had to go back home to stay with her family, a typically conservative Nigerian family, who are unaware of her drug use habit or that she is pregnant without being married. Yemisi, already five months pregnant, is yet to enroll in an antenatal programme and uses a cocktail of drugs (cannabis, codeine and diazepam) which are all harm
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news