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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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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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IntegratE Project Boosts Community Access to Family Planning Services in Kano

By | September 22, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) For more than five years, Dauda Musa has run a patent medicine shop in Rano Local Government Area (LGA), Kano. In 2023, after receiving formal training through the IntegratE project, he began offering family planning services, an example of how building the capacity of patent medicine vendors can improve access to […]

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Telemedicine is Advancing Quality Care and Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria

By | September 15, 2025

Olaoluwa Olatunde and Sonia Biose (Lead writers) Universal Health Coverage (UHC) hinges on the fundamental principle that individuals should be able to access the full range of “quality” healthcare, without suffering financial hardship. A key element of “quality healthcare” is timeliness, reducing wait times and preventing harmful delays for both patient and providers. The typical […]

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Masaki: A Community’s Approach to Ending Hunger and Malnutrition in Jigawa State

By | August 25, 2025

Mahdi Garba and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers) Every Wednesday for the past four years, Abdulrahman Hannatu, a trained community health worker with the Masaki nutrition programme, wakes up at exactly 5:45 a.m., gets dressed, and prepares for the day’s nutrition class near the Danmasara community ward head’s residence. During the weekly class, Hannatu and her assistant […]

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A Grantsmanship and Mentorship Programme is Shaping the Future of Medical Research in Nigeria

By | August 18, 2025

Chioma Nnamani (Lead writer) “Healthcare research is not just about research,” Dr Olajide Sobande, Executive Director of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Foundation, explained. “It’s about economy, it’s about security, it’s about development. They say the next pandemic is just a time away. The question remains; have we developed local capacity to be able […]

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Increasing Access: ASHIA Cracks the Code on Health Insurance for Anambra’s Informal Sector

By | August 11, 2025

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) Men in oil-stained overalls, shouting vehicle conductors and market women rushing to catch a Keke — a commercial tricycle. Nothing about this chaos at Caeli Park in Awka suggests that health insurance is being quietly rolled out. But that is exactly what is happening. Sunday Nwankwo, a taxi driver, was not feeling himself […]

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