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Tunde Ajidagba

Title Coordinator
Organization Campus Health and rights Initiative (CHRI), Obafemi Awolowo University

Tunde Ajidagba, a final year medical student, is the coordinator of Campus Health and rights Initiative (CHRI) a youth based nongovernmental organization located in Obafemi Awolowo University - a densely populated school of over 25,000 students in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. This organization contributea to the improvement of health and well-being of young adults at the university, through the twin strategies of protecting reproductive rights and promoting reproductive health.

 

Posts By Tunde Ajidagba

World Contraception Day: Overcoming Obstacles By Empowering Youth

September 28, 2012 / Tunde Ajidagba

A young medical student, in Nigeria, writes about the necessity of youth-friendly health services for access to contraception.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

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  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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