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Taimaka’s Community-Based Model Is Bringing Severe Malnutrition Care Closer to Children in Gombe
Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writer) When 16-month-old Babangida was brought to the Taimaka outpatient clinic in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, he was already severely malnourished. His mother, Asmau,…
Nigeria’s Health Tax Discussion Tests Sustainable Financing: Insights From Dr Mary-Ann Etiebet
Christopher Bassey and Hannah Ajayi (Lead writers) As official development assistance (ODA) continues to decline, governments are coming under growing pressure to mobilise domestic resources to fund healthcare. Preliminary data…
Antenatal Care Is Leaving Pregnant Women Without Basic Nutrition Advice in Nigeria
Sheriff Gbadamosi and Favour Ani (Lead writers) On a humid afternoon in Kano State, a group of women sat in a circle inside the Bunkure Primary Health Care (PHC) facility,…
Indabo Residents in Kano Call for More Health Workers to Ensure Round-the-Clock PHC Services
Hafsat Bello In Indabo Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), the call for 24-hour services is growing louder as pregnant women risk their lives when labour begins at night with no access…
How Tech-Enabled Emergency Financing Is Helping Nigerian Families Access Care
Mahdi Garba and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Nigeria’s population is projected to exceed 237.5 million by 2025. However, the country’s health financing system still leaves many households vulnerable at the point…
Bridging Nigeria’s Research–Industry Gap to Establish Local Premix Production for Food Fortification
Favour Solomon-Uwakwe and Maureen Moneke (Lead writers) At the Academia–Micronutrient Deficiency Control (MNDC) Committee Roundtable on “Advancing Sustainable Food Fortification in Nigeria: Bridging Research, Innovation and Local Premix Production for…
At Birth and at Risk: The Rising Threat of AMR in Nigeria’s Neonatal Wards
Anwuli Nwankwo and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead writers) Every year in Nigeria, thousands of newborns die from infections that should have been preventable, yet the microbes responsible have become resistant to treatment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the ability of…
“It Felt Like We Lost Everything Again”: Gurjiya PHC Faces New Challenge After Solar Battery Theft
Hafsat Bello Just weeks after the Gurjiya Primary Health Care (PHC) renovation, a newly installed solar battery, which helped power the facility, was stolen, raising a troubling question: Can improved…
Nigeria Must Not Let Child Nutrition Become a Budget Casualty in 2026
Favour Ani and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers) In a stabilisation ward (a specialised treatment unit for severe malnutrition) in northern Nigeria, a child with severe acute malnutrition needs immediate…
How Community Trust Is Improving Girls’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Education in Abuja Schools
Hadiza Mohammed and Onyedikachi Ewe (Lead writers) Success, 13, did not panic when she got her first period. ‘I was educated early,’ she recalled, ‘I simply used a sanitary pad…