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Community-Owned Hand-Pump Wells Are Bringing Safer Water Closer to Villages in Rural Kaduna
Chinonso Kenneth (Lead writer) For years, residents of Mararaba Kajuru, a small community in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, relied on local streams and unprotected wells as…
First Call, First Care: Why Nigeria Must Protect the Nurses Who Protect Us
Damilola Ilori and Tosin Emejor (Lead writers) “Go and call Aunty Nurse.” In many Nigerian households, this phrase evokes both fear and relief. It is used when a child’s fever…
Kagarko Villages in Kaduna Still Without Health Posts
By Rabi Mustapha Every day, pregnant women in remote villages across Kagarko Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State, are left behind in the struggle to access basic healthcare. For…
The Walk Is Over: ECOWAS Must Now Deliver on Malaria Elimination and Maternal Survival
On 25 April 2026, Health Ministers from across West Africa joined a solidarity walk through Freetown, Sierra Leone, under the theme, “One Walk, One Vision: Malaria-Free West Africa.” The walk…
WHX in Lagos to highlight pathways for localising West Africa’s health supply chain
Lagos, Nigeria | 7 May 2026: West Africa’s in vitro diagnostics (IVD) market currently stands at US$0.988 billion in 2025 and is set to grow at a 4% CAGR, reaching…
In Nigeria and Tanzania, Simulation Training Is Changing How Birth Emergencies Are Managed
Zuwena Khatib, Tzar Oluigbo and Mahdi Garba (Lead writers) On a Friday morning in Dawaki, Gombe State, Saleha, a mother of seven, was sitting outside her home when her waters…
Beyond the Numbers: What Data and Community Voices Reveal About Maternal Deaths in Nigeria
Oladimeji Solomon Yemi and Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead writers)Nigeria remains one of the countries with the highest number of maternal deaths globally, with a maternal mortality rate of 993 deaths per 100,000 live…
When Water is Missing in Nigeria, Girls Miss School and Women Face Unsafe Childbirth
Onyinye Oranezi (Lead writer) On a recent Saturday afternoon at a neighbourhood hair salon, a casual conversation with two secondary school girls revealed something telling. Both are boarders in junior…
Curated Conversations: Professor Iruka Okeke on Discovery, Domestic Investment, and the Science Nigeria Must Build
Emeka Oguanuo (Lead writer) Health outcomes in Nigeria will only improve if the country invests more seriously in science and research. While the country has demonstrated scientific excellence, it continues…
Beyond “Women’s Business”: How Enugu and Ebonyi Are Reframing Family Planning as Shared Responsibility
Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health investments a country can make to reduce preventable maternal deaths, improve newborn and…