In Borno, Cash Transfers Are Helping Families Treat Malnutrition Beyond the Clinic
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Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Bilkisu, a resident of Njimtilo in the Konduga area of Borno State, lives with a visual impairment, while…
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…
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,…
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…
How Community Trust Is Improving Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Abuja Schools
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Hadiza Mohammed and Onyedikachi Ewe (Lead writers) Success, 13, did not panic when she got her first period. ‘I was educated early,’…
Closing the Gap: Linking Fistula Surgery to Health Coverage in Nigeria
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Mahdi Garba and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) Victoria Ifeanyichukwu, a mother of two from Imo State, arrived at the National Obstetric Fistula…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Linking Informal Providers to Better Primary Care in Urban Communities
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Iheomimichineke Ojiakor (Guest writer) When Grace’s son developed a high fever one evening in Ikirike, an informal settlement in Enugu, the nearest…
From Ruin to Relief: A Renovated PHC Brings Safer Care to a Kano Community
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Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi (Lead writer) When labour pains began at midnight, 38-year-old Aisha Sunusi from Koya village faced a familiar fear. The…
A Solar Power Project is Keeping Primary Healthcare Centres Running in Abuja
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Mahdi Garba and Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu (Lead writers) For more than six years, Olufunke Bamidele and her family have used the Primary…