Nigeria: From Symptoms to Same-Day Action - Insights On Sweat-Based TB Screening From Dr Olufemi Adewole

Editor's note: This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. The sweat-based strip described below is a prototype intended for screening and does not replace… Read more »

Nigeria: Turning Big Catch-Up Gains Into Phc Practice - the Accountability Test for Nigeria's Immunisation Plans

In Nigeria, many children miss routine immunisation not because they are "hard to find", but because services do not consistently reach them. In 2023, about 2.1 million children… Read more »

Nigeria: Private Sector Financing Is Key to Improved Maternal Care in Nigeria

Nigeria's maternal mortality burden remains unacceptably high and points to persistent gaps in access to timely, quality maternity care. Despite financing reforms such as the Basic… Read more »

Nigeria: Bunkure Women Embrace Budget-Friendly Meals After Nutrition Training

When 28-year-old Hauwa'u Aminu Sarki attended a literacy club session at the Bunkure PHC, her perception of nutrition changed. "I used to think I couldn't afford a balanced meal,"… Read more »

West Africa: West Africa Takes Historic Step Toward Lassa Fever Vaccine Access With Launch of First End-to-End Roadmap

West Africa has today, 3rd February 2026, marked a major milestone in regional health security with the official launch of the Lassa Fever End-to-End (E2E) Access Roadmap for West… Read more »

Nigeria: World Cancer Day 2026 - Prevention Is Where 'United By Unique' Becomes Real

Dr Aisha Mustapha had spent years carrying out cervical examinations, counselling women, and caring for patients with cancer. Trained in gynaecology, public health, and… Read more »

Nigeria: How for M(om) Is Pushing for Safer Medical Waste Management in Kano Hospitals

Ogwuche Thomas works as a facility manager at EHA Clinic, a private health clinic in Kano State. His job entails managing healthcare waste and keeping the hospital clean for the… Read more »

Nigeria: Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir Injection for HIV Prevention in Nigeria - the Real Test Is Access

On 14 July 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidelines recommending twice-yearly injectable lenacapavir as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) option… Read more »

Nigeria: 'Things Have Improved' - How Kaduna's Badarawa Phc Won Back Community Trust

From neglect to progress is how residents of Badarawa in Kaduna describe the community's health facility. Once avoided due to poor conditions, Badarawa Primary Healthcare Centre… Read more »

Nigeria: Global Health in a New Era - Making Sustainability a Political Choice

Global health is undergoing a period of adjustment as ambitions are reassessed in light of current economic and geopolitical conditions, with greater attention to fiscal and… Read more »

Nigeria: How 'Healthy Mama, Healthy Pikin' Is Using PHC Immunisation Days to Improve Child Feeding in Ebonyi

On routine immunisation days, parents gather at primary health care (PHC) facilities across Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, for routine immunisation for their children. Many now leave… Read more »

Nigeria: 2026 Is the New 2016 - Nigeria's Health Déjà Vu and the Reforms That Must Finally Stick

Barely a month into 2026, Nigerians are riding the global "2026 is the new 2016" wave, posting throwbacks and "then vs now" comparisons that ask what has really changed in ten… Read more »

Nigeria: When Labour Begins At Night - Kano Town Hall Demands 24-Hour PHCs

When labour begins at night, and health centres are shut, mothers are forced to travel long distances in pain, risking their lives and those of their unborn children. Yet for many… Read more »

Nigeria: How a Digital Reporting Model Is Linking Reports to Clean-Ups in Communities in the FCT

In Dogongada, a community in Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT), roadside dumping was a daily sight. The dumping blocked walkways and provided breeding sites for mosquitoes,… Read more »

Nigeria: 2025 in Review - When the Safety Net Shifted and Nigeria Had to Step Forward

As 2025 draws to a close, this review captures the lessons of a year that exposed Nigeria's dependence on external health funding and the reforms now required. The early 2025 pause… Read more »

Nigeria: Keeping Noma Under Control - Why Nigeria Must Not Lose Momentum

For too long, noma has remained a disease of silence, devastating children in extremely poor and socially excluded communities. In Nigeria, the infection disproportionately affects… Read more »

Nigeria: Why Health Insurance Must Be On Every Nigerian's Holiday Plan

Across Nigeria, December has its own rhythm. Flights are packed, roads are busier, and plans for family reunions, weddings, and "just one more" trip before the year ends pile up… Read more »

Nigeria: Smart Paper Technology Is Transforming Community Health Data Capture in the Gambia

For decades, health facilities across The Gambia have relied on paper registers to record antenatal, delivery, postnatal, immunisation, and child health data. The handwritten logs,… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria and United States Sign Landmark Agreement to Strengthen Health Security, Expand Primary Care, and Drive Self-Reliance

The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Government of the United States of America today signed a landmark technical Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen… Read more »

Nigeria: Open Letter to the Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members - Pass the Customs and Excise Tariffs (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill

Dear Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members, Read more »

Nigeria: How the Facility Health Committee Is Keeping Krosha Clinic Open Amid Neglect and Decay

For residents of Krosha, in Kaduna State, keeping their only health clinic open has become a daily struggle shadowed by decay, neglect, and fear. What happens when a community's… Read more »

Nigeria: Beyond Aid - How Health Data Is Becoming the New Currency of Global Power

For decades, global health governance was shaped by aid flows, multilateral institutions, and shared norms of solidarity. Countries received funding, technical assistance, and… Read more »

Nigeria: Linking Informal Providers to Better Primary Care in Urban Communities

When Grace's son developed a high fever one evening in Ikirike, an informal settlement in Enugu, the nearest primary health care (PHC) centre was closed. She unable to fford the… Read more »

Kenya: From Stored Harvests in Kenya to Lost Farmlands in Nigeria - How Communities Face Two Climate Realities

In the remote drylands of Isiolo County in northern Kenya, Chuqlisa Arero and her fellow livestock keepers have borne the brunt of prolonged droughts that have devastated their… Read more »

Africa: Financing Health From Within - How Tobacco, Alcohol and Sugar Taxes Can Support Africa's Health Priorities

Africa's health sector is facing an unprecedented funding crisis, driven in part by a sharp decline in external health aid, which has fallen by 70% between 2021 and 2025. This… Read more »