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One Million More Midwives: The Smartest Investment for Safer Births in a Shrinking Aid Landscape

May 11, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Isra Chaker on Reimagining Maternal Health Philanthropy and Saving Mothers’ Lives

May 11, 2026
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Beauty Without Burden: Why Nigeria Must Keep Lead Out of Cosmetics

May 11, 2026
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Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir Injection for HIV Prevention in Nigeria: The Real Test Is Access

May 11, 2026
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How FOR M(om) is Pushing for Safer Medical Waste Management in Kano Hospitals

May 11, 2026
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Nigeria Must Embrace Climate-Resilient Healthcare to Protect Mothers

Adanna Opara (Lead Writer) Climate change has been identified as one of the most significant global health threats, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. While much attention is given to its impact on agriculture, infrastructure, and general health, the devastating impact of climate change on maternal health remains under-explored despite its […]

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Training for Quality Delivery: Brown Button’s drive to improve TBAs skills in Lagos

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Alhaji Sulaimon Junaid wakes up at 5:30 a.m. every day to spend time with pregnant women waiting to deliver their babies in his birthing home — a brown concrete block bungalow in the rural suburb of Epe on the north of Lekki Lagoon in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos. His birthing home has an office space, […]

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Crib A’Glow: Saving tiny hearts in the FCT through technology

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Placed on a hospital cupboard about two meters from the ground, the little box glows with a brilliant blue light, beautiful in the dark. Unlike the normal incubator used in Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU), the box measures approximately about 1m x 0.5m x1m (3ft x 2ft x 2ft) and weighs a little above 5 […]

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Partnering for Accountability: Nothing About Us Without Us

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Solving many of the challenges in health is a complex process and nobody can claim to have a silver bullet for any one problem. It requires gaining a good contextual understanding of a problem and those it affects, coming up with a possible solution, testing and implementing the solution and scaling up if it works. If […]

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Record and Respond: How one Zaria Hospital is Tackling Maternal Deaths 

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The ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna State is one of the most famous cities in Northern Nigeria. Aside from its cultural history, it is home to some of the country’s most prestigious educational institutions; the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU); the Nigerian Military School (NMS) and the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH). Less well […]

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