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Up your game, university medical director urges colleagues to end medical tourism

By Sam Kayode The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Professor Ahmed Ahidjo, has urged his colleagues in the...

“Infertility Is Not a Curse”

“She has been in that marriage for 5 years and still no child. What’s she doing there?” “Maybe he’s not man enough.” “They need to go...

“You’ve given me three daughters! Don’t you know I’m supposed to be a titled chief?”

That’s what Kambili's husband shouted one night after she gave birth to their third baby girl. His mother added her voice too: “Back in my...

It’s not the village people: It’s biology, stop blaming witches

“Oga, this your new wife is a witch. Since she entered this house, all your children are dying in her womb!” That was what Mama...

Reproductive health: It is also men’s business!

For years, society treated reproductive health like it belonged in a pink box, tucked away and handed only to women, something whispered about in...

Gujeni: Kaduna’s black town we choose to ignore

Tucked along the bustling Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, the Gujeni community in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State faces a worsening pollution crisis. Despite growing...

Kpai Kpai, the forgotten Abuja community where locals urinate blood from contaminated water, beg for schools, basic amenities

Kpai Kpai, the forgotten Abuja community where locals urinate blood from contaminated water, beg for schools, basic amenities Kpai Kpai, a rural community located in...

FG inaugurates committee to reposition State House Clinic

The Federal government has inaugurated a high-level technical committee to reposition the State House Medical Centre for effective service delivery in line with global...

Why communication targeting polio vaccine acceptance among rural populations fail  

My engagements with rural communities in Nigeria have shown that the state and non-state actors have not effectively communicated the polio vaccine in a...

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