Tackling Nigeria's skin bleaching problem
Skin-lightening creams are popular in Nigeria, but some can be harmful. 成人快手 Hausa鈥檚 Madina Maishanu speaks to the campaigners trying to stop these dangerous practices.
According to the World Health Organisation, 77% of Nigerian women have used skin-lightening creams. When 成人快手 Hausa鈥檚 Madina Maishanu decided to look into this, she uncovered an even more worrying trend: mothers using potentially harmful products on their babies. Madina spoke to the campaigners trying to stop these practices. Plus, how human activities and climate change are threatening shea trees in Uganda with Njoroge Muigai from 成人快手 Africa, and what's behind the success of Talk to us, the social media series featuring ordinary people talking about their lives, with Vusal Hamzayev from 成人快手 Azerbaijani.
Presented by Faranak Amidi
Produced by Alice Gioia and Hannah Dean
(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
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