Category: Myth Check
An Opinion Piece Is Asking Why Africa Still Doesn’t Own Its Own Medical Knowledge
A Modern Ghana opinion piece argues that "decolonising healthcare" doesn't mean rejecting Western medicine or romanticising tradition, it means Africa investing in…
Nigeria’s HIV Patients Lost Free Drugs. Traditional Healers Are Now Charging Them ₦250,000 for a Fake Cure.
After US funding cuts disrupted free antiretroviral therapy across northern Nigeria, traditional healers marketing "Islamic medicine" cures have moved into the gap,…
A US College Just Sent Students to Senegal to Study Traditional Healers. Here’s Why That’s Not a Contradiction.
Bryn Mawr and Haverford are sending students to Senegal to study traditional healers, medicinal plants, and the history of medicine in West…
NDLEA burned ₦301bn in drugs this week. Sowore says Nigeria should be building a cannabis industry instead.
NDLEA’s public destruction of seized cannabis and other drugs this week drew sharp criticism from activist Omoyele Sowore, who says Nigeria is…
Your “AA” Genotype Result Might Be Wrong — And Up to 40% of Nigerian Lab Tests Are.
Medical laboratory experts say up to 40% of genotype test results in Nigeria are inaccurate or outright falsified. For families who built…
“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…
The Fever You Keep Treating as Malaria Might Be Hepatitis
You know the fever, the body weakness, the joint pain, you treat it as malaria and move on. But for millions of…
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 will help.…