By Safiya Shuaibu Isa (Lead Writer) Working differently with a sense of urgency were some of the undertones that shaped the deliberations at the 64th National Council on Health (NCH) that took place between the 13th and 17th of November 2023. …

Olayemi Amusile and Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Vegetable and groundnut oil are familiar cooking ingredients in many Nigerian homes. While they add flavour to meals, using the wrong cooking fat, can increase the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially heart disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) describes trans-fats as unsaturated…

Nigeria ranks among the top three countries in the world with the highest burden of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV), with over two million people living with HIV (PLHIV). To reduce the spread of the disease, significant scientific and clinical advances have been made towards developing effective HIV treatments. …

Beti Baiye (Lead Writer) Nigeria, like many other countries, has been experiencing a health worker migration crisis which is posing a challenge to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. Migration is a natural human occurrence, and low- and middle-income (LMICs) countries have benefitted…

Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writer) The search for an effective vaccine against Lassa fever has gained momentum in recent years. Currently, early supportive care and the anti-viral drug Ribavirin are the primary methods of patient treatment. Lassa fever has long been a public health concern in Nigeria and parts of West…

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead Writer) “There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.” — Haile Selassie The power and responsibility of authority There is an inseparable link that exists between authority and the responsibility and consequences of the power…

By Thelma Chioma Abeku and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) ‘’Of all forms of inequalities, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.’’-Martin Luther King Jr. …

Aimable Twahirwa (Lead Writer) As a young man, Charles Furaha began assisting his father in constructing dams in Karangazi, a small village in Nyagatare district of Eastern Rwanda. …

By Asari Ndem (Lead Writer) U=U means Undetectable equals Untransmittable. This means that if people living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) take their antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication daily, as prescribed by their doctor, their viral load can become undetectable and they cannot transmit the virus to their partners sexually. In…