Health
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Nigerian Doctor Uzoma Nwaubani Dies During Free Medical Mission in Abia
Summary: A US-based Nigerian doctor, Uzoma Nwaubani, died in Abia State after developing a medical emergency while participating in a free outreach organised by the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas. A United States-based…
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Nigeria’s Maternal Mortality: Doctor Dies After Delivering Triplets in Bayelsa
A medical doctor, Dr Ere Siana Sintei Ogbachi, has died following complications shortly after delivering a set of triplets at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), Okolobiri, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa…
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“Conversations Around Women’s Reproductive Health are Surrounded by Silence” — Health Communicator Fungai Mutimodyo
Summary: A science and health communicator, journalism lecturer, and media practitioner based in Zimbabwe speaks on reproductive health misinformation, media literacy, and building feminist movements rooted in access to information and collective action. Fungai Mutimodyo…
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Lady Decries Nigeria’s Exorbitant Healthcare as Hospital Demands Test Interpretation Fee
A personal food shopper in Nigeria, Tobi Odukoya, decries the high cost of health care, complaining that she spent approximately ₦483,000 on gynaecological care at a private hospital on Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja, Lagos, yet had…
