Maureen Moneke and Adanna Opara (Lead writers) Nigeria’s maternal mortality burden remains unacceptably high and points to persistent gaps in access to timely, quality maternity care. Despite financing reforms such as the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) and Direct Facility Financing (DFF), maternal deaths remain high, estimated at 993 deaths per 100,000 live births. […]
Chidinma Peace Ahunam and Chisom Obi-Jeff (Guest writers) In Nigeria, many children miss routine immunisation not because they are “hard to find”, but because services do not consistently reach them. In 2023, about 2.1 million children missed key routine doses, and in 2024, only 39% of children aged 12–23 months were recorded as fully immunised. […]
Sunday Oko and Precious Ajayi (Lead writers) When Amina (not her real name), 15, began vomiting and complaining of stomach pain, her mother’s first thought was that it was an infection. Amina has a developmental disability and communicates with difficulty. At the hospital, they learnt what they never expected. Amina was pregnant. She could not […]
Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead writer) Editor’s note: This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. The sweat-based strip described below is a prototype intended for screening and does not replace confirmatory tuberculosis testing or drug-resistance assessment. The Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 lists Nigeria among eight countries that together accounted for about two-thirds of […]
Olatunde Olaoluwa and Sonia Biose (Lead writers)For the first time since the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was established, the agency used its expanded mandate under the revised 2022 statutes to declare mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) in August 2024. The PHECS is a continental alert that enables […]
