SoJo Public Health articles. Explore impactful reporting on innovative responses to pressing health challenges. From grassroots health campaigns to systemic reforms, these stories spotlight how communities, institutions, and individuals are transforming health outcomes through practical, scalable solutions
Free cancer screenings organized by Project Pink Blue. Photo: Project Pink Blue. By Promise Eze In 2018, Ugonna Okere, a 30-year-old professional makeup artist based
Project Sabi town hall meeting in Enugu Photo: Project Sabi By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye During a heated town hall training in a motor park in
By Folakemi Ajala On May 14, 2013, the Nigerian President at the time, Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. This
EAARF team in a campaign against epilpesy. Photo: EAARF By Promise Eze BAMENDA, CAMEROON— Ten years ago, 35-year-old Bah Blaise started having epileptic convulsions, a
By Usman AliyuBisola Ibrahim was at the Ero Omo Motor Park in Ilorin on a morning to board a bus to Benin City. Suddenly she
By Usman Aliyu Mrs Taiwo Sulaiman was six months pregnant when she experienced persistent fever and cold. To save her condition, she quickly rushed to
By Roland Bayode When Ogechi Odeke had her first son, Emmanuel, she knew her motherhood experience would be different but as a new mother, she
By Blessing Oladunjoye Pius Enefiok Nyong is blind and a leg amputee, who is also struggling with kidney problem and high blood pressure. However, the
By Kenneth Olajide with additional reporting by Anne Pede and Rose Owole The dream of every expectant mother is to give birth to a healthy
By Adam Alqali The Youth Awareness Foundation on Drug Abuse (YAFODA), a Kano-based non-profit focused on rehabilitating and reintegrating drug addicts back into society, has
By Aminu Alhussaini In recent years, communities in Sokoto State in Northwestern Nigeria have come under attacks from terrorists also called bandits. The development has
by Uchenna Igwe As of 2018, “Nigeria [was] the most endemic country in the world for river blindness, accounting for as much as 40% of
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