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Nigeria Must Turn Maternal Health Commitments into Functioning Care

Oct 14, 2026
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New Lassa Fever Evidence To Shape Vaccine Research And Outbreak Preparedness Across West Africa

Oct 12, 2026
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WHO Pandemic Hub sets ambitious goal to detect new outbreaks within 24 hours

Oct 12, 2026
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In Kenya, a Community Programme Supports Adolescent Mothers in Korogocho

Oct 12, 2026
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West African Health Organisation Supports Roundtable on Financing Lassa Fever Vaccine Development during the World Health Summit in Berlin (Germany)

Oct 10, 2026
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By Mahdi Garba | October 5, 2026

Free Emergency Obstetric Care is Easing the Cost of Childbirth Complications in Bauchi

Talatu had waited months to welcome her daughter Fatsima’s first child. But after Fatsima went into labour, she had a seizure on the way to the hospital. The family arrived at the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital in Azare, Bauchi, around midnight. Doctors diagnosed Fatsima with eclampsia, a life-threatening complication of pregnancy characterised […]

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Yobe’s Free Ambulance Service Is Tackling Delays in Maternal Emergencies

By Guest Author | September 28, 2026

Yahuza Bawage (Lead writer) At 6:27 a.m. on a Saturday, the emergency phone rang at the Yobe State Emergency Medical Ambulance Services Agency (YEMABUS) headquarters along Gujba Road in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State. On the line was 41-year-old Aisha calling from a community on the outskirts of Damaturu. Her 25-year-old sister-in-law, Fatima, had […]

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Real-Time Patient Feedback Is Helping Shape Safer and Better Maternity Care

By Tzar Oluigbo and Maureen Moneke | September 23, 2026

At Sango Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Lagos, Dorathy Ochenehi, the senior nursing officer, leans toward a new mother, gently guiding her through one final step before she leaves the facility. “Please, help us scan this and drop your review,” she said to the patient, pointing to a small QR code placed on a nearby […]

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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

By Guest Author | September 19, 2026

Uche Ralph-Opara and Kenneth Ojobor (Guest writers) Zariya Hashiru was pregnant when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in the Napu community, Niger State. She feared that the medicines would harm her unborn baby. Diagnosing the disease was therefore only the first step. Health workers counselled and followed up with her for five weeks before […]

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E-MOTIVE’s Calibrated Drapes Are Helping Kaduna Health Workers Detect Postpartum Haemorrhage Earlier

By Mahdi Garba | September 15, 2026

Raliya Shehu had experienced heavy bleeding after each of her previous eight deliveries, so when she arrived at Hajiya Gambo General Hospital in Zaria, Kaduna, preparing to give birth to her ninth child, she was already feeling anxious. The health workers who were caring for her were aware of her history. Before her baby was […]

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