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Youth Initiatives Rise to Combat Nigeria's Mpox Outbreak

Youth health organizations can build a robust outbreak response and cultivate future generations of health leaders

The Economics Behind Nigeria's Midwife Exodus

Between 2017 and 2022, more than 57,000—about 30%—of Nigeria's nurses and midwives left

Governance

Designing A New National Center for Disease Control

Infectious disease epidemiologist Chikwe Ihekweazu recounts the advent of Nigeria's Centre for Disease Control

Poverty

Investments in Rapid Outbreak Responses: Spend Now, Save Later

New pandemic preparedness approaches from Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria balance speed and financing

Governance

Transforming Data into Health Action in Nigeria

An interview with Roux Prize-winner Ibrahim Abubakar on the importance of using data to drive public health impact

Environment

Parkers Resilient Health Takes on Nigeria's Climate Challenges

The telemedicine platform aims to expand health-care services to people living in flood prone regions

Governance

Monkeypox in Nigeria

Nigeria's battered health infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle a surge in monkeypox cases

Governance

The Spiritual Dimension of COVID-19 in Africa

In Nigeria, the pandemic set up a political battlefield between Christian religious leaders and the state

Governance

Unvaccinated in Nigeria and Still Waiting on a Jab

Scaling up COVID-19 antivirals to fight new variants is now more important than ever

Urbanization

Learning from Lagos

How a "lite" rapid transit system in the Nigerian city transformed commuting

Poverty

The Pandemic That Never Went Away

Reflections on the cholera outbreak in Nigeria

Governance

U.S. Monkeypox Case Contained

But strong international partnerships are needed to keep the virus from spreading in the future

Urbanization

The Africa We Want: Protecting Health and Livelihood

Deepening economic integration to boost intra-African trade requires an equal investment in public health structures

Governance

Human Rights and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Governments have an obligation to guarantee the continued protection of the public's rights during and after a pandemic