Favour Solomon-Uwakwe and Maureen Moneke (Lead writers) At the Academia–Micronutrient Deficiency Control (MNDC) Committee Roundtable on “Advancing Sustainable Food Fortification in Nigeria: Bridging Research, Innovation and Local Premix Production for Improved Nutrition,” one message was made clear. Nigeria cannot continue treating food fortification as a national priority while the evidence, industry coordination, and regulatory systems […]
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 still leaves many households vulnerable at the point of care. Recent estimates show that out-of-pocket spending accounts for more than 75% of total health expenditure in Nigeria. Although health insurance coverage has increased, […]
Sheriff Gbadamosi and Favour Ani (Lead writers) On a humid afternoon in Kano State, a group of women sat in a circle inside the Bunkure Primary Health Care (PHC) facility, debating whether to eat eggs during pregnancy. One woman insisted that eating eggs would cause a baby to grow “too big,” leading to a difficult […]
Hafsat Bello In Indabo Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), the call for 24-hour services is growing louder as pregnant women risk their lives when labour begins at night with no access to care. For other patients, the difference between life and death depends on whether help is available after dark. “We need our PHC to operate […]
Christopher Bassey and Hannah Ajayi (Lead writers) As official development assistance (ODA) continues to decline, governments are coming under growing pressure to mobilise domestic resources to fund healthcare. Preliminary data show that official development assistance (ODA) declined by 23.1% in 2025, marking the largest annual drop on record, while bilateral ODA to sub-Saharan Africa fell […]
