Climate change and conflict exacerbate Nigeria’s food crisis

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Climate Change-related flooding saw large swathes of farmlands and settlement areas in Nigeria’s coastal Niger Delta flooded by December 2022. Boko Haram...

Nigeria’s 2023 election comes with additional strings attached

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). At the beginning of February, Nigerians started complaining that commercial banks could not supply individuals with Nigeria’s physical fiat currency. The currency...

Top Ten News Items on Health, 6th January 2022

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Buhari signs mental health bill into law. How NHIA Act will set pace for robust health insurance in Nigeria. New COVID-19...

From ‘Stalled’ to ‘Transiting’: Activating Nigeria’s Demographic Dividend

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Every year, at the National Council on Health (NCH), health leaders across Nigeria congregate to deliberate and approve policies aimed at...

Reflecting on Nigeria’s Health Sector in 2022: Hope For 2023?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The resilience of the health sector was tested when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted global economies and health sectors simultaneously in 2020....

Family Planning Offers a Pathway to Universal Health Coverage But Will Nigeria Take It?

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The recent International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) saw Thailand host up to 3,500 reproductive health and family planning experts and...

Expanding Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Rights to Vulnerable Populations

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) underpins the rights women and girls have to make informed decisions about their sexual...

The Volunteer Traditional Birth Attendant Plugging the Healthcare Gap for Women in Durumi IDP Camp

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). It is mid-morning on a Wednesday and Liliatu Ayuba is on her way back to the camp clinic after a short...