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Solutions-focused reporting on what is working, how it works, and what it takes to sustain and scale impact. We examine policies, programmes, and community-led innovations that are improving health outcomes, and we explain the “how” behind performance, including design, leadership, financing, implementation, and accountability. These stories help practitioners and decision makers adapt proven approaches to new contexts.

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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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A Network of People Living with HIV Fighting Stigma in Plateau State

By | August 4, 2025

Dorcas Daniel Tyena (Lead writer) About 80% of new HIV infections in Nigeria are sexually transmitted from unprotected consensual intercouse. While some are diagnosed with the virus at birth, others, like Rose Gyang, 45, contracted it through rape. Nine years ago, Zadchlo International Foundation (ZIF), a nonprofit organisation working to improve the quality of life […]

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Enugu’s Type 2 Primary Healthcare Centres Bring Quality Healthcare Closer to Communities

By | July 28, 2025

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) “The goal of citing Primary Health Centres is that people should not have to walk for more than 5 kilometres to access them,” — World Health Organization recommendation. Beneath the shade of a mango tree, a group of women in Otuku, a small community in Enugu East Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu […]

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Lafiya Sisters Expand Contraceptive Access for Women in Hard-to-Reach Jigawa Communities

By | July 22, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Ikhlas Yusuf Yaqub, a full-time midwife at Dutse General Hospital, still finds time to volunteer with Lafiya Nigeria, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) working to increase the uptake of family planning commodities in Jigawa State to reduce maternal mortality. Since 2022, she has been a member of the Lafiya Sisters, a […]

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Home Gardens Enrich Diets in Nigeria’s Rural Communities

By | July 15, 2025

This article was co-authored by Nigeria Health Watch and Sahel Consulting as part of our ongoing advocacy efforts to promote community-based nutrition interventions in Nigeria We all need to eat year-round, so why not keep a home garden going throughout the year? In Doruwa Babuje, a quiet community nestled in the hills of Bokkos Local […]

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Conditional Cash Transfers Are Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in Jigawa State

By | July 7, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Fatima Sanusi, 27, has been benefiting from Jigawa State’s Conditional Cash Transfer Programme for the past five months. After being enrolled in the programme in Mafitar Sarki community in Hadejia Local Government Area (LGA), she began receiving 5,000 Naira (about US$ 4) monthly. She is expected to benefit from this scheme […]

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