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Africa’s Precision Medicine Future Depends on Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems

Jun 04, 2026
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‘Garden in a Box’ Initiative is Helping Pregnant Women Eat Nutritious Food While Building Self-Reliance Through Gardening

Jun 01, 2026
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“Deliver Like the Hebrew Women”: How Traditional Myths and Religious Misconceptions Fuel Maternal and Child Deaths

May 30, 2026
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How the Enable Study Is Building Clinical Trial Capacity and Epidemic Readiness in Bauchi State

May 29, 2026
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One Vision, One Future: Why Africa's Health Financing Is a Global Reset

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Society for Family Health: Leveraging Digital Platforms to Train Family Planning Service Providers

By | January 16, 2023

Mrs Gertrude Edom, the founder and chief executive officer of St Gertrude Maternity Centre located in Topland, a suburb in Enugu city, had just seen her last set of patients and was settling down to attend to her administrative tasks. Her clinical duties include maternal and child health, immunisation and family planning. She is one […]

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Assessing Service Readiness of Facilities under the Bauchi State Social Health Insurance Scheme

By | January 14, 2023

By Joy Ikott (Lead Writer) State Health Insurance Schemes are a vehicle through which State governments seek to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in accordance with the National Health Scheme Act, and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act. Bauchi State is one of the 35 states that has signed a State Social Health Insurance […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 13th January 2022

By | January 13, 2023

Scientist calls for interdisciplinary research to fight upsurge of COVID-19. Lagos doctors demand anti-quackery law. COVID-19: FG intensifies surveillance at international airports. Five million children died before fifth birthday – Report. Protesting Zamfara Health Workers Threaten To Shut Down Hospitals. Targeting variant of common protein may boost breast cancer treatment — Study. FG to introduce […]

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Addressing Barriers to Food Security in Nigeria

By | January 11, 2023

Nigeria, like the rest of the world, is experiencing a food crisis, exacerbated by climate change, rising inflation and conflict such as the war in Ukraine. However, Nigeria is no stranger to conflict. Since 2009, the Northeast region has seen violent extremists terrorising the BAY (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) States, with over 2 million people […]

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Towards Cancer Elimination in Africa: Is Rwanda the Example to Follow?

By | January 10, 2023

By Lydia Atieno (Lead Writer) Thirty-five-year-old Christelle Uwamahoro had always been aware of the significance of cervical cancer screenings. Community health workers in her village went door to door, educating residents and emphasising the importance of early screening for cervical cancer. “Despite this knowledge; I had second thoughts about screening,” she said. However, this all […]

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