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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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From Majalisa to Households: MSI Nigeria is Advancing Child Spacing Awareness in Kano

Mahdi Garba and Kenneth Ibe (Lead writers) Kano State has one of the highest fertility rates in Nigeria, at about 5.8 births per woman, nearly three times the global average of 2.2. The state records roughly 1,000 births every day, contributing to rapid population growth and placing increased pressure on health facilities and Nigeria’s fragile […]

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How PHC Accountability Tracka Is Empowering Communities to Demand Better Healthcare

Prudence Enema and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) In Maitumbi, a community in Niger State, mothers continue to give birth on mats laid on the floor of the local health centre, a level two facility meant to benefit from the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF). When it rains, patients are forced to huddle in corners […]

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HeliumCredit is Financing Africa’s Private Clinics, One Loan at a Time

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. Laboratories, unable to afford new equipment needed for diagnoses, and clinics are forced to turn patients away, as they face financial constraints that limit the services they can provide. For […]

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IntegratE Project Boosts Community Access to Family Planning Services in Kano

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 2023, after receiving formal training through the IntegratE project, he began offering family planning services, an example of how building the capacity of patent medicine vendors can improve access to […]

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Telemedicine is Advancing Quality Care and Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria

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 range of “quality” healthcare, without suffering financial hardship. A key element of “quality healthcare” is timeliness, reducing wait times and preventing harmful delays for both patient and providers. The typical […]

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