Rabi Mustapha What happens when a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) expansion meets the growing healthcare needs of a fast-expanding community? In Samaru, Sabon Gari Local...

Every time a woman goes into labour in Gyartai, her family prepares for more than childbirth. They prepare for a risky home delivery or a...

Oluwafolakemi Ajala (Guest writer) The arrival of COVID-19 in Nigeria in early 2020 exposed long-standing weaknesses in oxygen supply, diagnostics, surveillance, emergency response coordination and...

Hajara Sambo Months after Gauraka Model Clinic was discussed for the potential risks it poses for pregnant women, signs of improvement are finally emerging. Earlier...

Rahima Shehu Dokaji After residents lamented the theft of a newly installed solar battery at Gurjiya Primary Health Care (PHC) in a town hall meeting...

Abuja, Nigeria – 22 June 2026 The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), in collaboration with the Global Fund and key implementing partners,...

Minister of State for Health to Attend as Special Guest of Honour; Lagos Governor Named Chief Host The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA), Nigeria’s most...

Hadiza Musa Three months after residents raised concerns about poor healthcare services during a town hall meeting, many of the same challenges continue to affect...

Shalom David and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writers) In late 2013, Ebola began spreading in Guinea, but the outbreak went undetected for more than three months....

Olatunde Olaoluwa and Prudence Enema (Lead writers) Precision medicine will not deliver equity for Africa if Africa remains underrepresented in the evidence that shapes it....

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) For years, residents of Mararaba Kajuru, a small community in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, relied on local...

Damilola Ilori and Tosin Emejor (Lead writers) “Go and call Aunty Nurse.” In many Nigerian households, this phrase evokes both fear and relief. It is...