Tag: Melody Okereke

Innovation in Harm Reduction is No Longer Coming Only from High Income Countries

Innovation in harm reduction is still too often framed as something that originates in high income countries and is later adapted elsewhere. That framing is no longer analytically sound, and it obscures where a significant share of real world innovation is now taking place. High income settings have historically produced much of the formal evidence […]

Tobacco Harm Reduction in Nigeria: From Awareness to Action

Melody Okereke October 5, 2019 Most countries all over the world have prohibited smoking in public places and the common advice is, “smoking is dangerous to your health… smokers are liable to die young.” However, researches indicate that the majority of deaths due to smoking result from respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, chronic obstructive […]