Why Nigeria’s Task Shifting Policy Struggles in Practice—and What to Fix
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Maureen Moneke (Lead writer) Nigeria’s health system has long faced a critical shortage and inequitable distribution of skilled health care workers, particularly…
Beyond Out-of-Pocket: A Hospital-Linked Fund is Helping Nigerians with Chronic Illness Access Care
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) When Dorothy (not her real name) arrived at work that morning, she was already in pain. The public-school…
Beyond Myths, Toward Choice: Closing Nigeria’s Family Planning Trust Gap
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Prudence Enema (Lead writer) When Hauwa (not her real name), a 28-year-old mother of four in Abuja, described how she tries to…
When Labour Begins at Night: Kano Town Hall Demands 24-Hour PHCs
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(By Rahima Shehu Dokaji) When labour begins at night, and health centres are shut, mothers are forced to travel long distances in…
Oxford University enters into licensing arrangement with Serum Institute of India to develop Rift Valley fever vaccine candidate
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Serum Institute of India to make up to 100,000 investigational Oxford Rift Valley fever vaccine doses. Rift Valley fever is a potentially…
How a Digital Reporting Model Is Linking Reports to Clean-ups in Communities in the FCT
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Maureen Moneke and Favour Ani (Lead writers) In Dogongada, a community in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), roadside dumping was a daily…
Gwarzo Town Hall Raises Concerns Over PHC Access, Staffing Amid Other Gaps
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Accessing basic healthcare in Gwarzo, Kano State, accessing basic healthcare often begins with a long walk. This was among the concerns raised…
Nearly Two Years On, Nigeria’s Migration Policy Faces the Budget-and-Accountability Test
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Sunday Oko and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) On 12 August 2024, the Federal Government of Nigeria approved the long-awaited National Policy on…
Nigeria is Betting on Local Mosquito Net Manufacturing to Strengthen Its Fight Against Malaria
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Yasir Jamal Bakare (Lead writer) Nigeria accounts for roughly one in every four malaria cases worldwide, and nearly one in three malaria…
Rewriting Nutrition Myths Through Community Health Literacy Club
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For years, women in Kura Local Government Area, Kano State, believed that eating protein during menstruation was dangerous. This nutrition myth, passed…