The Three-Pronged Approach That Cut Ekiti’s Maternal and Child Mortality in Half
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Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) In the dead of night in 2014, panic spread through Irono, a small community in Ekiti State, reliant…
Nigeria’s Health System Must Eliminate Obstacles to Maternal Care for Women with Disabilities
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Prudence Enema (Lead Writer) When Amaka, a woman with a locomotor disability, went in search of prenatal care for the first time,…
Strengthening Community Health Systems and Mobilising Men for Stronger Maternal Health
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Every day, many pregnant women across Nigeria undergo health crises that are preventable due to the gaps which exist in the delivery…
A Healthcare System Ensures Health Coverage for Nigeria’s Almajiri Children
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Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) In 2014, Mohammed Keana accompanied a group of colleagues from the London School of Health & Tropical Medicine…
Charting the Course: Reducing Neonatal and Under-5 Mortality by 50% in Ekiti State
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In this week’s feature, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, Commissioner for Health and Human Services in Ekiti State, reflects on his four-year tenure transforming…
A Townhall Meeting Uncovers Health System Strengthening Opportunities in Ghari LGA, Kano State.
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Shortage of essential supplies, understaffing issues, and insufficient bed capacity in the primary healthcare centre (PHC) in Ghari Local Government Area (LGA),…
Nigeria’s Health Migration Policy to Address Brain Drain Aims to Boost Local Expertise
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Alexander Chiejina and Anwuli Nwankwo (Lead Writers) Human mobility has always been an essential aspect of life. Beyond the essential physiological and…
Shifting Power: Three ways Local Government Financial Autonomy can impact Primary Healthcare in Nigeria
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Last week, Nigeria’s Supreme Court delivered a judgement granting financial autonomy to Local Government Areas (LGAs) in a suit filed by the…
Health Policy Dialogue 2019: Disrupting Health Care
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T he health policy dialogue titled ‘Disrupting Health Care: PPPs as a Model Adoption for Health System Strengthening’ demonstrated how public-private partnerships…