Thought Leadership

The Unsung Champions of Hope: Spotlighting Nigeria’s Blood Donor Heroes

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Precious Ajayi and Samuel Gada (Lead writers) In moments of a health emergency, the availability of safe blood can be the difference…
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Sierra Leone’s Mpox Surge Puts Africa’s Epidemic Preparedness to the Test

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Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Olaoluwa Olatunde (Lead Writers) The Mpox virus (formerly known as monkeypox) continues to make an unsettling return across…
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Nigeria Sponsors Resolution on Strengthening Health Financing Globally at the 78th World Health Assembly

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Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) The development of the health sector in Nigeria is widely regarded as primarily a health financing challenge, that…
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In Nigeria’s Water Tug of War, Cleanliness and Access Collide

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Asari Ndem and Rejoice Daniel (Lead Writers) In the quiet, peri-urban community of Kuje in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, Amina Hassan, 34,…
AfricaThought Leadership

The Pandemic Agreement is Signed: Will it Deliver Justice for Africa?

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Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) The final Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) negotiations must be the true test of global equity in health….
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Nigeria’s Shifting Health Insurance Landscape: Why Faster Progress Cannot Wait

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Olaoluwa Olatunde (Lead Writer) During my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2021, while I was posted to the National Health Insurance…
AfricaThought Leadership

Digital Tools in Community Health: Ethiopia’s Example for Nigeria

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Sonia Biose (Lead Writer) “Before I became a Community Health Worker, women in my village often gave birth at home without any…
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Africa Needs a Rethink on Global Health Funding – Here’s What Must Change

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Dr Ebere Okereke and Dr Magda Robalo (Guest Writers) Last week, the world’s global health leaders gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for the…
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AbbaCare Insurance Brings Healthcare Solutions Within Reach of Kano’s Sickle Cell Patients

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Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Nusaiba Idris Muhammad, 23, lives with her low-income family in Shagari Quarters, Kano. She battles with the life-threatening…
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Tobacco Control Financing Could Be The Key to Supporting Nigeria’s Battle Against Non-Communicable Diseases

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Ibukun Oguntola and Uche Kennedy (Lead writers) In sub-Saharan Africa, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are projected to overtake infectious diseases as the leading…
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Ending Period Poverty in Nigeria: The Role Men Must Now Play

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Precious Ajayi and Favour Ani (Lead Writers) For Hannah, a 13-year-old student in Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1), the arrival of her…
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Women’s Health is a Human Right That Must Be Fought and Won

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Onyinye Oranezi and Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead Writers)As you are reading this, Amina is in a remote village in Borno State, giving…
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Zimbabwe Families Turn the Tide on Early Malnutrition Detection and Treatment Amidst Devastating Droughts

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Farai Shawn Matiashe (Lead Writer) Barbara Chabanda, 34, still recalls when her baby fell sick during last year’s El Niño-induced drought in…
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Scaling Heat-Stable Uterotonics to Prevent Maternal Deaths in Nigeria

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Adanna Opara (Lead Writer) Every day, countless mothers around the world lose their lives to postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), a devastating reality that…
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Listening to Respond: Creating People-Centred Care for Primary Healthcare in Nigeria

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Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead Writer) The Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII) and its ambitious 4-Point Agenda represent a comprehensive roadmap…
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Reaching Unvaccinated Children in Bauchi: The Role of Budget Advocacy

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Mahdi Garba (Lead Writer) After contracting polio at age 6, Ibrahim Hussaini, now 41, was left physically disabled. But rather than let…
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At the Brink: Nigeria’s Current Family Planning Dilemma and the Urgent Need for Reinvestment

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Yasir Jamal Bakare (Lead Writer) In what can only be described as a looming public health crisis, Nigeria is on the verge…
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The Joint Learning Network’s Concerted Effort to Strengthen UHC

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Ibukun Oguntola and Oluoma Omeje (Lead Writers) Providing access to healthcare is widely recognised as a fundamental human right, as outlined in…
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The Power of Collaboration in Infodemic Response: Insights from a Workshop

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Sunday Oko and Habibat Ohunene Lawal (Lead Writers) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far,…
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An Emergency Tele-Hailing Initiative Is Helping Lagos Residents Reach Ambulances in Eight Minutes or Less

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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) It was a few minutes after 1am, when the city of Lagos, in southern Nigeria, should have been…
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Better Care in Kaduna: Funding and Workforce Solutions for PHC

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Sheriff Gbadamosi and Aaron Bawala (Lead Writers) Kaduna State has made bold strides in revitalising its primary healthcare (PHC) system in recent…