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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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AbbaCare Insurance Brings Healthcare Solutions Within Reach of Kano’s Sickle Cell Patients

By | June 2, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Nusaiba Idris Muhammad, 23, lives with her low-income family in Shagari Quarters, Kano. She battles with the life-threatening symptoms of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), as well as the high medical bills that comes with it. “In one visit to the hospital when drugs are prescribed for me, my family spends at […]

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Reaching Unvaccinated Children in Bauchi: The Role of Budget Advocacy

By | May 20, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead Writer) After contracting polio at age 6, Ibrahim Hussaini, now 41, was left physically disabled. But rather than let his condition define him, he chose to become an advocate, joining immunisation campaigns in his home state of Bauchi to ensure every child has access to life-changing vaccines. “When we enter these communities […]

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An Emergency Tele-Hailing Initiative Is Helping Lagos Residents Reach Ambulances in Eight Minutes or Less

By | May 12, 2025

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) It was a few minutes after 1am, when the city of Lagos, in southern Nigeria, should have been asleep, Raji Rafiu, head of the control centre at Eight Medical, saw a call come through on the emergency line. It was a distress call from a family doctor whose patient was having […]

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A Small Pill with Big Impact: Multiple Micronutrient Supplements Redefine Maternal Outcomes in Bauchi

By | April 25, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Hajara Abdullahi, a mother of five in Bauchi State, noted that her health had improved since she started taking Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS), a supplementary drug that provides pregnant women with a mix of essential vitamins and minerals. “It makes me eat well,” she explained, “and I now feel energetic unlike […]

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Two Men’s Mission to Restoring Eye Sights amid Searing Temperatures in Kwara State

By | April 7, 2025

Abdullahi Muritala (Lead Writer) On a sunny day in April 2022, Memunat Aransiola, a petty trader, stepped out from her weary-roofed bungalow to pick up some items in the market. Suddenly, everything went from dim to blurry. The hot weather seemed to have triggered an eye defect she had. “I quickly called for support, and […]

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