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Bashar Abubakar

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Record and Respond: How one Zaria Hospital is Tackling Maternal Deaths 

By Bashar Abubakar
February 18, 2019
6 Mins read
The ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State is one of the most famous cities in Northern Nigeria. Aside from its cultural…
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Torchlight

Tackling the challenge of child malnutrition in simple ways: Kaduna State’s approach

By Bashar Abubakar
February 4, 2019
6 Mins read
It’s cold and dusty, a typical harmattan morning for the residents of Barnawa, a suburb of the city of Kaduna, in Kaduna…
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Torchlight

End Stigma: Mission to provide healthcare for Nigeria’s leprosy community

By Bashar Abubakar
January 28, 2019
7 Mins read
Alheri Community in Yangoji Village, Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is home to more than 500 people, made…
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Infectious DiseaseTorchlight

Isolate & Cure: Katsina could stop spread of outbreaks with isolation centres

By Bashar Abubakar
January 14, 2019
6 Mins read
A one-year-old child with suspected measles is lying in one of the small rooms outside the emergency paediatric unit of the General…
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The Joys of Motherhood: Young midwives enabling safe deliveries in Northern Nigeria

By Bashar Abubakar
December 11, 2018
7 Mins read
‘Delivering a baby is what gives me joy the most’, explains 26-year-old midwife Aliya Lawal Adam as she takes time out to…
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Torchlight

State-led medical outreach programme boosts healthcare delivery in Kebbi State

By Bashar Abubakar
November 20, 2018
7 Mins read
Nigeria’s healthcare investment is grossly inadequate, and resources are overstretched. A little over N356 billion is allocated for healthcare in the 2018…
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Torchlight

The Joy Of Child Spacing While Giving Birth: One PHC’s Story

By Bashar Abubakar
November 7, 2018
6 Mins read
Rijiyar Lemu Model Primary Health Center (PHC) along Kano – Katsina road on the outskirts of Kano city centre is unlike many…
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Torchlight

Driven by traditional leaders, a “magic” ointment is preventing deaths in newborns: A story from Sokoto

By Bashar Abubakar
October 16, 2018
6 Mins read
Gagi community on the outskirts of Sokoto in Northern Nigeria is a settlement where everyone knows each other. Modern and traditional style…
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Thought Leadership

Is there a role for trado-medicine in the Nigerian health sector?

By Bashar Abubakar
October 4, 2018
5 Mins read
“Immediately they fall sick they consult the oracle to tell them what is causing that illness and proffer a traditional remedy.” –…
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Torchlight

Simple but effective: The community mobilisers driving immunization in Borno State

By Bashar Abubakar
September 17, 2018
5 Mins read
Polio immunization in Nigeria has arguably received more consistent publicity than any other disease. The focus on eradicating polio via immunization has…
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Torchlight

Displaced but Determined in Borno; Exclusive Breastfeeding in the midst of a humanitarian crisis

By Bashar Abubakar
September 4, 2018
7 Mins read
The Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Maiduguri is home to over 30,000 people. It is one of several IDP camps…
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Torchlight

The last mile: On the frontlines of polio eradication in Kano State

By Bashar Abubakar
August 20, 2018
9 Mins read
In August 2016, the last poliovirus case in Nigeria was diagnosed in Monguno Local Government Area in the North-Eastern state of Borno….
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Torchlight

Lessons for Bida: Three approaches that may solve Niger state’s public sanitation dilemma

By Bashar Abubakar
August 7, 2018
7 Mins read
The Katsina family of Bida will probably never forget June 20th 2018. Just before 8 p.m. on that day, Mr. Farouk Katsina…
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Torchlight

Peanuts, Millet, Beans: simple foods helping to stem Kano’s malnutrition crisis

By Bashar Abubakar
July 2, 2018
6 Mins read
Two-year-old Umar is in his mother Saratu’s arms, a playful boy. She says he was not always this healthy, and that just…
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