About the Endocrine Health Foundation
We are a preventive, community-centered endocrine health movement focused on education, empowerment, and sustainable health impact for women and girls in Nigeria
WHO WE Are
Promoting Hormonal Health Awareness
The Endocrine Health Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting hormonal health awareness, early detection, and supportive care for women and girls.
We believe that hormonal health is foundational to overall well-being, confidence, and quality of life. Many girls and women face hormonal challenges due to limited awareness, stigma, and restricted access to reliable information.
We simplify hormonal health, create safe spaces, and make early intervention accessible and culturally relatable. Through initiatives like school outreach and the Girls Nest Club, we bridge the gap in endocrine health awareness.
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Our Foundation
Vision & Mission
Our mission is to bridge that gap through education, community outreach, professional training, and advocacy. We collaborate with healthcare providers, schools, and community leaders to ensure endocrine-related conditions are recognized early and properly managed.
Through initiatives such as school outreach programs and the Girls Nest Club, we create safe spaces where young girls can learn, ask questions, and receive the support they deserve.
Dr. Ifechidere Sophia Obani
Founder, Endocrine Heath Foundation
Founder's Message
Why I Started EHF
Women who thought chronic pain was normal. Young girls ashamed to ask about irregular cycles. Teenagers and even adults silently battling fatigue, weight gain, and diabetes risk. Families struggling with infertility without understanding hormonal links.
And what struck me most was this: It was not a lack of intelligence. It was a lack of access to clear, practical endocrine health education. In many communities, women remain misunderstood or reduced to narrow conversations. What the world doesn’t know is that hormones are not abstract science. They regulate growth, mood, metabolism, fertility, sleep, and energy.
The Endocrine Health Foundation was created to close that gap.
We believe awareness should begin early in schools, in churches, in marketplaces, in homes. We believe conversations must move beyond whispers.
We believe early testing should feel normal, not frightening and we honestly believe that diagnosis should be clear, simple and understandable.
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Our Journey
History and Milestones
2017 · Foundation
EHF is Founded
The Endocrine Health Foundation evolved from cysters in Nigeria and had its first outreach in Etche local government rivers state in the year 2017
2018 · First Programs
Internationally Recognised
In 2018 was internationally by PCOS Awareness Foundation recognized for its celebratory walks that held in Lagos and rivers state accounting for over 349 persons walking for the purpose of raising awareness.
A partnership was also secured with PEP lab in US a research project which scanned over 500 women living with PCOS for free.
2023 · EHF Evolution
Cysters Evolved to EHF
And in 2023 Cysters in Nigeria evolved to become Endocrine Health Foundation
2024 · Scale
2,000+ Girls & Women Reached
EHF surpasses its 2,000-beneficiary milestone across school programs, community campaigns, and Girls Nest activities — a testament to community trust and team dedication.
2025 · Present
Research & Advocacy Expansion
EHF launches its Research & Advocacy arm, beginning systematic data collection on hormonal health trends in adolescent girls and engaging with policy stakeholders at the state level.
Our Journey
Our Partners & Supporters
We collaborate with healthcare providers, schools, government agencies, and development organisations to multiply our impact.
Ready to Partner with The Endocrine Health Foundation?
Whether you’re a healthcare organisation, educational institution, corporate partner, or individual supporter — we’d love to explore how we can work together.
