In urban slums across Nigeria, formal healthcare providers like the primary health facilities are characterised by poor patronage, often due to factors of high cost and inefficient service delivery. This has led to high patronage of patent medicine vendors (PMVs)…
Children from 12 to 23 months old who have not received any vaccinations are referred to as ‘zero-dose’, with approximately 2.1 million such children residing in Nigeria, representing the highest figure globally. It’s crucial to administer essential vaccines, such as…
“Once it is dark, we rush home […] no power supply and no streetlights […] even if you are sick, you wait till it is daybreak, than to lose your life from attacks when it is dark. Also, when there…
Following a two-year study on healthcare/health rights for school-aged children (5 to 17 years) and school health services in urban settlements in Nigeria, significant concerns have been raised regarding the health and safety of school children. The study was…
HPRG spotlights summaries of its 14 studies published between January and March 2025, showing how they can inform health policies in Nigeria.
The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) is back with an all-in-person scientific conference between March 10 and 14, 2025 at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda. Since 2009, AfHEA has continued to host this major and largest conference…
December 2024 The Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria (HPRG) has stayed optimistic about the ‘renewed hope’ agenda for Nigeria’s health sector. Our 2023 health sector roundup hailed the Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (HSRII) as timely and well-positioned…
In a 2016 published survey, of the 14 most significant problems faced by Nigerians, corruption was ranked in third place, while healthcare was in fifth position. In the second version of the survey published in 2019, healthcare and corruption switched…
More than half of Nigeria’s over 200 million population are under the age of 18, and just about 29 percent of the over 100 million Nigerian children are under 5 years. Children between the ages of 5 and 17 comprise…
Vaccines are among the most powerful inventions in human history, and it is not just a medical duty but a moral responsibility to ensure that everyone has unrestricted access to vaccines. Vaccines are central to healthy societies because…
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