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By Guest Author | November 2, 2026

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

Ousman A. Marong and Anibe Idajili (Guest writers) When women go into labour in Mendy Kunda, a rural community in The Gambia’s North Bank Region, getting to a hospital can depend on how quickly help can be found. For Rose Mendy, a resident of the community, that support has come from people in her own […]

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

By Mahdi Garba | October 31, 2026

At Sabon Tasha Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Kaduna State, the lack of a dedicated store and dispensing area once led to the loss of essential medical supplies and delays in patient care. But following an intervention by Kaizen Institute, Jennifer James Gayan, head of the facility’s Pharmacy Unit, noted that improved supply management has […]

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

By Mahdi Garba | October 5, 2026

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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