Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) Across Nigeria, many privately-owned healthcare facilities face funding bottleneck. Pharmacies watch their shelves empty as they struggle to restock essential drugs....

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) Primary healthcare (PHC) is the backbone of a resilient health system and should serve as the first point of contact with...

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Aaron Bawala (Lead writers) The shortage of life-saving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in health facilities across the northern part of Nigeria,...

Imagine arriving at a health centre in labour, only to hear the words: “No beds available.” For many women in Kano Municipal Council (KMC) of...

Hannah Ajayi (Lead writer) Lassa fever remains one of the most pressing public health threats in West Africa. According to the Africa CDC, the viral...

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...

Hadiza Mohammed and Mahdi Garba (Lead writers) In the Rano Emirate of Kano State, the phrase ‘family planning’ is still being fought against, as it...

Christopher Bassey and Favour Solomon-Uwakwe (Lead writers) Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis has left approximately 32% of children under five stunted, highlighting an ongoing public health crisis...

Professor Chima Ariel Onoka (Guest Writer)Professor of Public Health & Health Systems Economics There are rare moments in an academic’s life when the steady accumulation...

Sickness is not the only battle patients face at Dorawar Na’abba Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State....

Chibuike Alagboso and Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu (Lead writers) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is often called a “silent pandemic”, but the numbers are anything but silent. An...

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...