NHEA 2025 Announces PharmAccess SafeCare Award Categories; Unveils Nominees
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The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) has announced the PharmAccess Foundation SafeCare Award categories as part of the upcoming NHEA 2025, making…
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…
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…
Shango PHC: No Beds, No Light, No Hope
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Fatima Muhammad, a 40-year-old mother of eight, recalled the night she pleaded with staff to keep the Shango Primary Health Care (PHC)…
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…
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…
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…
Kuku Health Post Plagued by Absence of Essential Services
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Every week, dozens of women walk long distances to the Kuku Health Post in Kano State, only to leave without the services…
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…
News Release: Global leaders reaffirm commitment to WHO with at least US$ 170 million raised at World Health Assembly 2025 pledging event
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World leaders pledged at least an additional US$ 170 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) at a high-level pledging event Tuesday at the…
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…
Apply for the West Africa Solutions Journalism Fellowship
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Are you a health journalist ready to use the solutions journalism framework to change the narrative on global health and development in…