Category: Explainers
Michael Blackson Says a Ghanaian Hospital Let His Mother Die Over Money. The Hospital Says That’s Not the Full Story.
The Mobile Men study followed 400 truck drivers, fishermen, farm workers and taxi drivers across South Africa and Uganda, comparing daily PrEP…
22 Million Nigerians Now Have Health Insurance. Here’s What That Actually Buys You.
NHIA says enrollment has crossed 22 million, up 35% year-on-year. Beyond the growth number, the agency’s own data shows what’s changing for…
Africa Is Training More Health Workers Than Ever. Nigeria Is Still Losing the Race.
Africa’s health workforce has grown by a third since 2018, but Nigeria is still losing thousands of doctors and nurses to emigration…
Tinubu Asked Diaspora Doctors to Come Home. Here’s the Math Many of Them Are Still Weighing.
At a State House reception for diaspora doctors, President Tinubu made a personal case for coming home. The numbers on Nigeria’s doctor…
Empty Shelves and Long Queues: What a Nationwide Health Audit Just Found in Rural Nigeria
From stock-outs of malaria test kits to stigma still keeping HIV patients away from care, a new Community-Led Monitoring report lays out…
21.4 Million Americans Smoke Weed Every Day. In Nigeria, That Same Joint Could Bury You Alive in Prison.
New US data shows cannabis has overtaken alcohol as America’s top daily habit. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s law still treats a joint like a…
“Malaria and Typhoid” Isn’t One Diagnosis — And Treating It Like One Is Making Drugs Weaker
Nigerians routinely treat every malaria diagnosis with antibiotics too, assuming “malaria and typhoid” go together. They don’t — and the habit is…
For Every 100,000 Nigerian Mothers, 576 Don’t Survive Childbirth. A New $1.25M Bet Wants to Change That.
Somewhere outside a major Nigerian city, a pregnant woman is deciding whether the two-hour journey to the nearest clinic is worth it…
A Small Nation Went From 223,000 Malaria Cases to Zero. Nigeria Still Carries a Quarter of the World’s.
Picture a village at dusk in Timor-Leste, children tucking themselves under insecticide-treated bed nets as the sun goes down, a nightly ritual…
Your Diabetes or BP Diagnosis Could Now Affect Your US Visa — Here’s What Changed
Picture this: you’ve saved for years, gathered every document for your US visa interview, rehearsed your answers about ties to home and…