How FOR M(om) is Pushing for Safer Medical Waste Management in Kano Hospitals
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Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Ogwuche Thomas works as a facility manager at EHA Clinic, a private health clinic in Kano State. His…
Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir Injection for HIV Prevention in Nigeria: The Real Test Is Access
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Uche Kennedy and Sunday Oko (Lead writers) On 14 July 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidelines recommending twice-yearly injectable…
Count Us In: Ending Sexual Abuse of People with Disabilities in Nigeria
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Sunday Oko and Precious Ajayi (Lead writers) When Amina (not her real name), 15, began vomiting and complaining of stomach pain, her…
“Things have improved”: How Kaduna’s Badarawa PHC Won Back Community Trust
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From neglect to progress is how residents of Badarawa in Kaduna describe the community’s health facility. Once avoided due to poor conditions,…
Global Health in a New Era: Making Sustainability a Political Choice
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Yasir Jamal Bakare (Lead writer) Global health is undergoing a period of adjustment as ambitions are reassessed in light of current economic…
How “Healthy Mama, Healthy Pikin” Is Using PHC Immunisation Days to Improve Child Feeding in Ebonyi
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) On routine immunisation days, parents gather at primary health care (PHC) facilities across Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, for routine…
2026 Is the New 2016: Nigeria’s Health Déjà Vu and the Reforms That Must Finally Stick
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Shalom David and Prudence Enema (Lead writers) Barely a month into 2026, Nigerians are riding the global “2026 is the new 2016”…
CEPI backs updated Zaire ebolavirus vaccine that aims to improve vaccine affordability and accessibility for low- and middle-income countries
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GENEVA/OSLO/21 JAN: A vaccine used to help protect against Zaire ebolavirus – one of the world’s most severe infectious diseases – could become more…
Community Speak Out on Women’s Childbirth Risks at Kura Town Hall
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Rahima Shehu Dokaji (Lead Writer) During a town hall meeting at Kura Local Government Area (LGA), Kano, community voices reveal that gaps…
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…