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The Anatomy of an Outbreak in a Conflict Setting & Nigeria’s Preparedness for Ebola 

Jun 08, 2026
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Africa’s Precision Medicine Future Depends on Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems

Jun 04, 2026
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‘Garden in a Box’ Initiative is Helping Pregnant Women Eat Nutritious Food While Building Self-Reliance Through Gardening

Jun 01, 2026
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“Deliver Like the Hebrew Women”: How Traditional Myths and Religious Misconceptions Fuel Maternal and Child Deaths

May 30, 2026
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How the Enable Study Is Building Clinical Trial Capacity and Epidemic Readiness in Bauchi State

May 29, 2026
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By | September 25, 2024

In Nigeria’s Off-Grid Communities, Solar-Powered Electricity is Improving Primary Healthcare Delivery 

Arinze Chijioke (Lead Writer) Augustine Joseph was fully aware of the dire power supply situation in Fish Town when he arrived to establish a healthcare centre in November 2021. Fish Town, located in the coastal Bayelsa State, is an oil-producing community that had endured decades without any government or privately-sourced electricity. The donated generator from […]

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Protecting the Future: Kano’s Global Shapers Educate Schoolgirls on HPV and Its Vaccine

By | August 20, 2024

Mahdi Garba [Lead writer] When Radeeyah Nasir is not at her job as a registrar in the obstetrics and gynaecology unit of Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital, Kano, she is part of a team of volunteers raising awareness about the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), among secondary school students in states across Nigeria’s northwest. “There are […]

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Vaccines are a Modern Day Miracle: Gavi’s Role in Sustaining Life-Saving Access

By | June 26, 2024

Vivianne Ihekweazu and Alexander Chiejina (Lead Writers) “Thanks to the power of immunisation, the number of childhood deaths from vaccine preventable diseases has fallen by 70% since 2000” — Dr Sania Nishtar, CEO of Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance at the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation The exponential benefits of vaccines cannot be underestimated. As Chris […]

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CHIPS: Connecting Communities to Primary Health Care Facilities in Nasarawa State

By | August 14, 2023

Twice a month, Mary Jacob, a Community Engagement Focal Person (CEFP), conducts supportive supervision of 35-year-old Afinnaki Ibrahim, a Community Health Influencer, Promoter, and Services (CHIPS) agent in Kafin Shanu ward in Karu Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. Jacob monitors the agent’s engagement with pregnant women and children under five, resolves non-compliance issues, […]

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CRoWN Initiative: Enhancing Immunisation Uptake for Zero-Dose Children in Bauchi State

By | July 3, 2023

By Misbahu El-Hamza and Sunday Oko (Lead Writers) In Nigeria, a child is considered fully vaccinated if he or she has received the full course of vaccinations essential for protecting them from preventable and potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, by the second year of life, throughout six visits, including the required birth doses. This regimen is […]

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