When Children Miss Vaccines, Polio Risks Re-emerge: Lessons from Kebbi State
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Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) When Umar Adamu, the Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) for Aliero Local Government Area in Kebbi State,…
Beyond Coverage: Why Nigerian Women Need Health Information They Can Use
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Prudence Enema and Kenneth Ibe (Lead writers) Health communication is more than sharing health behaviour, decision-making, and outcomes. For many Nigerian women,…
From Performance Incentives to State Priorities: Are Nigeria’s States Spending Enough on Health?
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Solomon Yemi Oladimeji (Lead writer)In Nigeria’s federal health system, the question of who pays for healthcare is just as important as who…
Tarunu Health Post Fails to Provide Basic Health Services to the Community
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In Tarunu, a community located in Fammar Ward of Kibiya Local Government Area (LGA) in Kano, a health post exists but it…
Can Benin and Nigeria Turn Fragile River Blindness Gains into Irreversible Elimination?
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Dr Adachi Ekeh, Dr Aishat Usman, Dr Achille Batonon, Dr Virgil Lokossou (Lead writers)In Grand-Popo, where rivers cut across landscapes without regard…
Four Investments in Women and Girls to Transform Nigeria’s Health and Development
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Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead writer)With less than five years remaining to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, progress on gender equality remains tremendously…
Rights. Justice. Action: Why Women’s Rights Must Be Defended as a Governance and Economic Policy in Nigeria
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Asari Ndem (Lead writer) Rights are not real until they can be enforced, until a woman can report abuse without stigma, a…
A Revamped Health Centre Brings Care Closer to Sarkin Kura in Kano
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For years, childbirth in Sarkin Kura community meant confronting danger. The journey to the Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) was often filled with…
How Door-to-Door Community Mobilisers Are Rebuilding Routine Immunisation in Kebbi
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) On a dusty afternoon in Rafin Bauna, a community in Aleiro Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Rashida…
Saving Mothers in Lagos: Why Empowering Nurse-Midwives Can Reduce Obstetric Risk
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Orode Doherty (Guest Writer) Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) have long served as primary caregivers for pregnant women in many parts of Lagos….
When Food Prices Rise, Diets Shrink: Nutrition Under Pressure in Pregnancy and Early Childhood in Nigeria
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Christopher Bassey and Timothy Kovonah (Lead writers) Food prices are reshaping what families eat, how they cook, and how they share meals,…