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Insightful analysis of the policies, politics, and power shaping health across Africa. This category features evidence-informed perspectives that interrogate assumptions, surface trade-offs, and propose actionable reforms, helping policymakers, practitioners, and advocates navigate complex health systems and drive more effective, context-aware decisions.

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How Communities Connect Mothers to Skilled Care in The Gambia’s North Bank Region and Nigeria’s Jigawa State

Nov 02, 2026
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Less Waiting, Less Waste: Kaizen Institute Is Improving Pharmacy Services Across Kaduna PHCs

Oct 31, 2026
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The 2026 Future of Health Conference Should Make Innovation Count for Nigerians

Oct 29, 2026
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Nigeria Health Watch’s Future of Health Conference 2026 to Champion Scaling Health Innovations  for Impact

Oct 28, 2026
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Less Aid. Tougher Choices. What Lies Ahead for the Next Global Fund Executive Director?

Oct 28, 2026
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By Olubunmi Oyebanji | October 22, 2026

Nigeria’s First Bundibugyo Ebola Case Puts Preparedness Investments to the Test

Nigeria confirmed its first Bundibugyo Ebola case in Abuja. Can clinics, especially private ones, spot the risk and protect health workers?

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World Contraception Day: A Safe Start Begins Long Before Birth

By Guest Author | September 26, 2026

Marie Ba and Dr Alain Damiba (Guest writers) On 31 October, Dakar will open the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, the first Olympic sporting event ever held in Africa. When young athletes enter the arena, most spectators will see only the final moment, the race, the jump, the bout or the finish line. By the time […]

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Finding Ebola Earlier: Can Village-Based Surveillance Strengthen DRC’s Outbreak Response?

By Olubunmi Oyebanji | August 29, 2026

“Every death like that points to a chain of transmission we have not yet found.” These were the words of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on 18 August, as experts met to review the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Every three months after the World Health Organization (WHO) […]

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As Efforts Intensify to Contain Bundibugyo Ebola, Women Remain Most Vulnerable to Its Economic Impact

By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim | July 6, 2026

The escalating Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has sparked renewed international concern after French health authorities confirmed an imported case in a doctor returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on June 23. While the case marks the outbreak’s reach beyond endemic countries, the patient was immediately isolated, and contact tracing was initiated. The patient […]

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Why Zambia is Rethinking Tuberculosis Testing, and Why Validation Must Come First

By Tzar Oluigbo | July 2, 2026

Inside a small laboratory at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, a technician splits a sputum sample in two. Half goes into a GeneXpert machine, the workhorse of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in Zambia. The other half goes into a near-point-of-care molecular device, small enough to sit beside a phone, powered by […]

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