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The Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Shows Why Preparedness Cannot Wait

May 25, 2026
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Beyond Emergency Response: Strengthening Nigeria’s Health Communication Infrastructure

May 23, 2026
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Drug Shortage at Jere PHC in Kaduna Leaves Patients with Chronic Illnesses Without Medication

May 22, 2026
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Lessons from the 2026 HFN Conference on Innovation, Financing and Universal Health Coverage

May 20, 2026
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Community-Owned Hand-Pump Wells Are Bringing Safer Water Closer to Villages in Rural Kaduna

May 18, 2026
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Linking Informal Providers to Better Primary Care in Urban Communities

By | December 15, 2025

Iheomimichineke Ojiakor (Guest writer) When Grace’s son developed a high fever one evening in Ikirike, an informal settlement in Enugu, the nearest primary health care (PHC) centre was closed. She unable to fford the transport fare to the next hospital, a journey that previously cost about ₦2000, had risen to nearly ₦5000. Like many families […]

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From Ruin to Relief: A Renovated PHC Brings Safer Care to a Kano Community

By | December 8, 2025

Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi (Lead writer) When labour pains began at midnight, 38-year-old Aisha Sunusi from Koya village faced a familiar fear. The nearest hospital in Shanono Local Government Area (LGA) was several kilometres away, and the roads were dark, rough, and unsafe. Her husband tried to find a motorcycle to take her there, but by […]

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A Solar Power Project is Keeping Primary Healthcare Centres Running in Abuja

By | December 5, 2025

Mahdi Garba and Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu (Lead writers) For more than six years, Olufunke Bamidele and her family have used the Primary Health Care (PHC) Centre, in Lugbe, a community in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). She recalls a time when access to services at the facility depended entirely on the national electricity grid. […]

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A Simple Two-Block Toilet Is Transforming Sanitation in a Kogi Community

By | November 20, 2025

Ozumi Abdul (Lead writer) For Halima Shuaibu, a petty trader whose small stall of vegetables and household items is the sole lifeline for her four children, life is a constant battle for survival, made harder by the lack of toilets in her community. Without a private toilet facility, she defecates into a thin, black plastic […]

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Health Behind Bars: How Kano Is Extending Health Insurance Coverage to Inmates

By | November 10, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Kabiru Tanko (not his real name) was among the inmates moved from the dilapidated Kurmawa Custodial Centre to the newly built Maximum Security Custodial Centre in Janguza, Kano, in May 2025. Since the relocation, Tanko says, many prisoners have developed urgent health needs that require prompt medical attention. “On several occasions […]

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