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Why Does Water in Parts of Kano Look “Thick Like Coffee”?
19 Oct
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
Why Does Water in Parts of Kano Look “Thick Like Coffee”?

Lukman Abdulmalik and Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead writers) This investigation is being published in partnership with The Xylom, a science-focused publication. Khamis did not immediately...

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Funding Cuts to Women’s Organisations Put Women, Girls and Gender Equality at Risk
07 Oct
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
Funding Cuts to Women’s Organisations Put Women, Girls and Gender Equality at Risk

For thousands of girls forced to leave school because of child marriage or adolescent pregnancy, Her Voice Foundation, a Nigerian-based non-profit, has offered a second...

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Nigeria’s Flood Season is Here. How Are We Protecting Children Before Disaster Strikes?
31 Aug
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
Nigeria’s Flood Season is Here. How Are We Protecting Children Before Disaster Strikes?

Nigeria has entered the peak of its flood season, when the risk of severe flooding is at its highest. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA)’s...

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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership
26 Aug
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

In Wammako, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Sokoto, Nigeria, Asma’u Shehu, a community health worker, does more than provide care. People in the community...

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‘Where Does My Donated Blood Go?’ Tracing the Life-Saving Journey from Donor to Patient
19 Jul
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
‘Where Does My Donated Blood Go?’ Tracing the Life-Saving Journey from Donor to Patient

A shortage of blood should never be the reason a patient dies. Yet across Nigeria, many patients in need of lifesaving transfusions still face delays...

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As Efforts Intensify to Contain Bundibugyo Ebola, Women Remain Most Vulnerable to Its Economic Impact
06 Jul
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
As Efforts Intensify to Contain Bundibugyo Ebola, Women Remain Most Vulnerable to Its Economic Impact

The escalating Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has sparked renewed international concern after French health authorities confirmed an imported case in a doctor returning from the Democratic...

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How Insecurity is Reshaping Food Security and Deepening Malnutrition in Nigeria
11 May
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
How Insecurity is Reshaping Food Security and Deepening Malnutrition in Nigeria

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Precious Ajayi (Lead writers) Nigeria recorded an estimated 14,000 cases of armed violence between 2018 and 2024. During this period, the...

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Four Investments in Women and Girls to Transform Nigeria’s Health and Development
06 Mar
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
Four Investments in Women and Girls to Transform Nigeria’s Health and Development

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead writer)With less than five years remaining to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, progress on gender equality remains tremendously slow. The World...

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From Symptoms to Same-Day Action: Insights on Sweat-Based TB Screening from Dr Olufemi Adewole
09 Feb
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
From Symptoms to Same-Day Action: Insights on Sweat-Based TB Screening from Dr Olufemi Adewole

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead writer) Editor’s note: This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. The sweat-based strip described below is a prototype...

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Black Market for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food is Putting Nigerian Children at Risk
26 Sep
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
Black Market for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food is Putting Nigerian Children at Risk

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,...

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When the Law Limits Choice: Nigeria’s Policies are Undermining Sexual Justice
06 Sep
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
When the Law Limits Choice: Nigeria’s Policies are Undermining Sexual Justice

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead writer) Every law is meant to protect, but what happens when the same laws deny people the right to have autonomy...

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Nigeria’s Fight Against AMR: Why Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Matter
10 Aug
By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim
Nigeria’s Fight Against AMR: Why Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Matter

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim and Yasir Jamal Bakare (Lead writers) An act as small as washing hands with soap and water, can stop microbes from travelling...

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