What Happens When the Lights Go Out? Solar Power Is Keeping Maternity Care Going in Gombe
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) Aisha (not her real name) had been in labour for over two days in Tula, a remote community…
As Things Fall Apart with ODA, Can Nigeria Finally Fund Its Own Health System?
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Yasir Jamal Bakare and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writers) The preliminary figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report landed…
Kano’s Gyartai Community Calls for Upgrade of Health Post to Level 2 PHC
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Residents in Gyartai community in Kano are demanding a PHC upgrade. A single health post serving over 10,000 patients, a number beyond…
Taimaka’s Community-Based Model Is Bringing Severe Malnutrition Care Closer to Children in Gombe
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) When 16-month-old Babangida was brought to the Taimaka outpatient clinic in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State,…
Nigeria’s Health Tax Discussion Tests Sustainable Financing: Insights From Dr Mary-Ann Etiebet
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Christopher Bassey and Hannah Ajayi (Lead writers) As official development assistance (ODA) continues to decline, governments are coming under growing pressure to…
Indabo Residents in Kano Call for More Health Workers to Ensure Round-the-Clock PHC Services
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Hafsat Bello In Indabo Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), the call for 24-hour services is growing louder as pregnant women risk their lives…
Antenatal Care Is Leaving Pregnant Women Without Basic Nutrition Advice in Nigeria
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Sheriff Gbadamosi and Favour Ani (Lead writers) On a humid afternoon in Kano State, a group of women sat in a circle…
How Tech-Enabled Emergency Financing Is Helping Nigerian Families Access Care
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Mahdi Garba and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Nigeria’s population is projected to exceed 237.5 million by 2025. However, the country’s health financing system…
Bridging Nigeria’s Research–Industry Gap to Establish Local Premix Production for Food Fortification
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Favour Solomon-Uwakwe and Maureen Moneke (Lead writers) At the Academia–Micronutrient Deficiency Control (MNDC) Committee Roundtable on “Advancing Sustainable Food Fortification in Nigeria:…
“It Felt Like We Lost Everything Again”: Gurjiya PHC Faces New Challenge After Solar Battery Theft
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Hafsat Bello Just weeks after the Gurjiya Primary Health Care (PHC) renovation, a newly installed solar battery, which helped power the facility,…
At Birth and at Risk: The Rising Threat of AMR in Nigeria’s Neonatal Wards
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Anwuli Nwankwo and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead writers) Every year in Nigeria, thousands of newborns die from infections that should have been preventable, yet the microbes…