Health and Environment

Billions committed, uneven results: how Nigeria’s primary healthcare reform is working and failing at the frontlines

NIGERIA’s quest for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030 rests heavily on one ambitious policy instrument: the Basic Health...
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NAFDAC, sachet alcohol producers set for war over ban

THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced enforcement of ban on the production...
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‘Nigeria needs urban health wake-up call, as Africa, Asia cities grow faster than health systems can contain’

NIGERIA’S urban health system is heading for tougher times, as new projections show that urban populations across Africa and...
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Medical negligence in Nigeria: what’s known, and what needs to be done

Friday Okonofua, University of Benin MEDICAL negligence in Nigeria came to the fore when author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accused a...
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Despite fat budgets, empty shelves mar healthcare services in Kano PHCs

By Muhammad SANI AMID record funding for Nigeria’s Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), many primary healthcare centres in Kano...
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Scissors of death: how Kano hospital’s surgical blunder cut Aishatu’s life short

By Stephen ENOCH “PLEASE do not fight among yourselves. Make sure that you and your siblings live in peace and...
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