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WHX in Lagos to highlight pathways for localising West Africa’s health supply chain

May 13, 2026
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In Nigeria and Tanzania, Simulation Training Is Changing How Birth Emergencies Are Managed

May 12, 2026
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One Million More Midwives: The Smartest Investment for Safer Births in a Shrinking Aid Landscape

May 11, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Isra Chaker on Reimagining Maternal Health Philanthropy and Saving Mothers’ Lives

May 11, 2026
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Beauty Without Burden: Why Nigeria Must Keep Lead Out of Cosmetics

May 11, 2026
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By | March 18, 2024

Developing a Climate Resilient WASH Policy in Nigeria Come Rain or Drought

In 2018, the Federal Government of Nigeria developed a 13-year strategy to address the WASH crisis in the country. Five years post-implementation, the strategy seems to be missing a key element — climate change. It is becoming increasingly difficult to predict water availability due to the ramifications of climate change globally. Extreme weather events and reshaping water cycles […]

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To Achieve Sustainable Growth in Africa, We Must Focus on Women

By | October 7, 2023

By Malado Kaba and Cheikh Oumar Seydi (Guest Writers) Momentum is still strong following the Women Deliver Conference, which drew more than 6,000 global delegates to Kigali, Rwanda, in July this year. This gathering represented the first time the world’s largest gender equality conference was held on the continent. Field-leading experts, from economists to activists, […]

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IHI Academy: Addressing the Burden of Out-of-School Children in Yimitu Community

By | June 26, 2023

By Beti Baiye and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead Writers) Education plays a critical role in equipping girls with knowledge and confidence, enabling them to make meaningful contributions to their communities and make informed decisions about their health. However, despite the well-documented economic benefits associated with educating the girl child, several factors, such as cultural norms and […]

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What Must Nigeria do to Achieve Zero Hunger by 2030?

By | April 12, 2023

By Michael Atima and Olayemi Amusile (Lead Writers) The world is currently grappling with a severe food crisis. In 2021, 2.3 billion people globally (over 30% of the world’s population) were food insecure and the World Food Programme (WFP) expects this number to increase by 345.2 million in 2023. According to the State of Food […]

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Partnering for Accountability: Nothing About Us Without Us

By | March 4, 2019

Solving many of the challenges in health is a complex process and nobody can claim to have a silver bullet for any one problem. It requires gaining a good contextual understanding of a problem and those it affects, coming up with a possible solution, testing and implementing the solution and scaling up if it works. If […]

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Before the SDGs, how did Nigeria really do with the MDGs?

By | November 10, 2015

In August 2015, reports emerged in the Nigerian press that “Nigeria had attained the Millennium Development Goals”.  The article below quoted the Secretary of Programmes in the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs, Mr. Ogenyi Ochapa, verbatim, with no critical commentary on the validity of his statement, which boldly declared: […]

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