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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

May 27, 2026
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The Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Shows Why Preparedness Cannot Wait

May 25, 2026
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CEPI 3.0 and the Race to Develop the World’s First Lassa Fever Vaccine

By | May 11, 2026

Shalom David and Uwaifiokun Okhuarobo (Lead writers) Every dry season, the wards begin to fill. At Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State and the Federal Medical Centre in Owo, Ondo State, two of Nigeria’s treatment centres for Lassa fever, clinicians recognise the pattern all too well. A farmer arrives with a persistent fever that […]

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Ojota PHC Crisis: Delays and Heat Drive Patients Away

By | May 11, 2026

Delayed care and unbearable heat are fast becoming a dangerous combination at Ojota PHC, where patients seeking help are instead met with long waits and suffocating conditions. For many residents, accessing care here feels like a risk rather than a relief. The Ogudu/Ojota Primary Health Centre (PHC), Kosofe LGA, Lagos State, is classified as a […]

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Beyond the Numbers: What Data and Community Voices Reveal About Maternal Deaths in Nigeria

By | May 11, 2026

Oladimeji Solomon Yemi and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers)Nigeria remains one of the countries with the highest number of maternal deaths globally, with a maternal mortality rate of 993 deaths per 100,000 live births. While maternal mortality has declined globally over the past two decades, Nigeria has lagged behind both regional and global trends. In contrast, countries such as Ghana, Ethiopia, […]

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When Water is Missing in Nigeria, Girls Miss School and Women Face Unsafe Childbirth

By | May 11, 2026

Onyinye Oranezi (Lead writer) On a recent Saturday afternoon at a neighbourhood hair salon, a casual conversation with two secondary school girls revealed something telling. Both are boarders in junior secondary school, aged 14 and 16. When asked if water shortages or unusable toilets affected their experience at school, they did not hesitate to respond. […]

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Curated Conversations: Professor Iruka Okeke on Discovery, Domestic Investment, and the Science Nigeria Must Build

By | May 11, 2026

Emeka Oguanuo (Lead writer) Health outcomes in Nigeria will only improve if the country invests more seriously in science and research. While the country has demonstrated scientific excellence, it continues to struggle to sustain the institutions, funding, and infrastructure needed to support high-quality research at scale. Without these foundations in place, building a health system […]

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