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Beyond Awareness: Why Nigeria Must Fund a Period-Friendly Future

Jun 11, 2026
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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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By | May 29, 2026

How the Enable Study Is Building Clinical Trial Capacity and Epidemic Readiness in Bauchi State

Lassa fever remains a persistent regional threat For over fifty years, Lassa fever has remained one of West Africa’s most persistent epidemic threats. First identified in Nigeria in 1969, the disease is now endemic across countries in the region, including Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Benin, Ghana and Mali. Yet, despite its growing public health […]

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Advancing Infection Prevention and Control through Learning and Practice: Lessons from DRASA and CICAPS

By | July 10, 2023

Onyinye Oranezi and Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures are integral to every functional healthcare system. Their absence poses significant risks to health workers, patients, and visitors in any health facility, as infections can easily spread in such settings. According to the first-ever global report on infection prevention and control, 70% […]

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Building back better from COVID-19: Four insights from the inaugural NiCAFE conference

By | August 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that there is no dropping the ball when it comes to preventing, detecting and responding to infectious disease outbreaks. Therefore, during the Nigerian Conference of Applied and Field Epidemiology — NiCAFE2021, which took place on the 27th and 28th July 2021, speakers and panelists shared strategies to strengthen public health using lessons […]

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“Detti no dey kill black man” – The Unhygienic State of Nigerian Markets

By | May 29, 2021

Sanitation and hygiene are cost-effective approaches against infectious diseases. However, this relatively inexpensive way of preventing infectious diseases seems to be neglected in most markets in Nigeria. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that an estimated 100 million Nigerians lack basic sanitation facilities. The poor sanitation in Nigeria’s markets should be a matter of greater […]

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Assessment of WASH services in FCT and Niger State PHCs reveals huge gaps

By | March 2, 2021

By Atinuke Akande-Alegbe and Bashar Abubakar (Lead Writers) Healthcare, according to the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978, is a basic human right of all people regardless of race or socioeconomic status. The declaration went further to identify primary health care as a gateway to achieving optimal healthcare for all. Primary health care is so important that […]

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