Author
ibitoru Hailsham
Stories by this author
Nigeria’s Breastfeeding Gap: 90% of Mothers Start. Only 29% Make It to Six Months.
The numbersMore than 90% of Nigerian mothers breastfeed at some point — that part isn’t the problem. The gap opens…
Nigeria Has the World’s Highest Sickle Cell Burden. The Fix Starts With a Test Most of Us Get Wrong.
Nigeria records up to 200,000 sickle cell births a year, the highest in the world. A new newborn screening policy…
Nearly One in Four People Who Catch Lassa Fever This Year Has Died. That Number Is the Real Emergency.
Nigeria has recorded 229 Lassa fever deaths in 2026. But the case fatality rate has risen from 18.7 to 23.8…