Partnership to strengthen immunisation; The Kano State model
7 Mins read
“It was a hectic day, we had a fixed immunisation session in Gachi village,” says Umar Alhassan, a Routine Immunisation (RI) provider…
Quality healthcare is local: The Ijede General Hospital Story
7 Mins read
The Ijede General Hospital is located along the Egbin Thermal Power Station Road in Ijede Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos…
IntegratE; Breaking down barriers in the uptake of family planning services in Kaduna State
7 Mins read
“I don’t want to be pregnant at this age. I want to continue my education’’. Says 17-year-old Precious Haruna as she comes…
Hand in Hand: Collaboration for better maternal health in Gombe
7 Mins read
How do you get women in rural areas to discard harmful traditional maternal health practices and adopt the practice of going to…
The Ultimate #HealthMeetsTechNG Hack: Funding Healthcare with plastic waste
5 Mins read
Where can you feel excited, anxious, inspired, passionate and enlightened, all within 72 hours? These were the emotions at the 2019 #HealthMeetsTechNG…
A Chill on Disease: Gricd Frij, a homegrown solution to Nigeria's Cold Chain Constraints
7 Mins read
When Oghenetega Iortm, CEO of GRICD, a cold chain and logistics company spoke at the 2019 Health Watch Forum in Abuja themed…
No More Absence: Abuja NGO works to improve menstrual health for schoolgirls
6 Mins read
Sylvia Egar was 13 years old in 2017 when she started her period for the first time. Her mother had never discussed…
Mamacare: Using health education to improve maternal and child health in Lagos State.
6 Mins read
Lagos Island Maternity Hospital is one of the best known public health facilities in Lagos, which has for many years, served communities…
Oloibiri to Abuja: Sustainable People-centered investments in primary and tertiary care
8 Mins read
A blue Toyota Corolla pulled to a stop inside the hospital premises and a middle-aged woman helped a frail young boy into…
Reducing maternal deaths: How one NGO is changing the narrative for new mothers in Ebonyi State
6 Mins read
Lead Writers: Ugonna Ofonagoro, Michael Atima and McHenry Igwe It was a long drive to get to Odenigbo community in Ikwo Local…
Between experts and experience: Compassionate advocacy and support for exclusive breastfeeding
7 Mins read
These are some of the reasons Nigerian mothers give for why they are unable to exclusively breastfeed their babies in the first…
A Tale of Two PHCs in Niger State: Accessing Equitable Healthcare From Beji to Maito
7 Mins read
Beji village, Bosso Local Government Area (LGA), in Niger State is an agrarian community, 30 kilometres from the state capital, Minna. Renowned…
A Dual Approach: Tackling Maternal deaths in Southern Nigeria using technology and birth kits
5 Mins read
When Abiodun Adereni founded HelpMum two years ago, his dream was to provide basic health information to pregnant women and to help…
All hands on deck in Kano State as Nigeria on track to being declared polio-free
15 Mins read
Just five years ago, Kano State was arguably the epicenter of Nigeria’s polio virus epidemic, accounting for over 80% of total cases…