December 2025 This 2025 Nigeria’s Health Sector Roundup by the Health Policy Research Group (HPRG) at the University of Nigeria, offers commendation, hope, and guidance as we head into 2026. We build on the 2023 and 2024 roundups, which emphasised:…
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…
Fifty-three percent of Nigerians who live in urban areas reside in slums. This means that over half of Nigeria’s urban population are slum dwellers, and there are projections that this will increase further, as it has, since 2014. The big…
By HPRG News Kurt Lewin said, “no research without action, and no action without research”. The reality of this quote lies in the essence of conducting research, which is to change society. Such change could be to inform, influence,…
By Prince Agwu, Obinna Onwujekwe, Dina Balabanova and the Accountability in Action Research Team Background Despite anticorruption thrusts that have always been a part of the manifestos of successive governments in Nigeria, corruption has remained considerably high in the…
By Chidi Nzeadibe, Geraldine Ugwuonah, Obinna Onwujekwe, Bennett Nwanguma, Theresa Ogbuanya, Paul Oranu, Emmanuel Ezeani, Chinonso Igwesi-Chidobe, Chizoba Obianuju Oranu, Paul Adeosun and Felix Egara Why yet another conference on Covid-19 Pandemic? COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the most serious…
On May 12, 2022 Prof Obinna Onwujekwe gave a public lecture at the induction of fellows into the Nigeria Academy of Science. The lecture was titled, “Nexus of Science and Evidence-based Decision Making Towards a Responsive and Strong Nigerian Health…
In a recent ranking of scientists on the globe, scholars from the Health Policy Research Group took top spots. Professors Obinna Onwujekwe and Benjamin Uzochukwu who are both academics at the University of Nigeria and founders of the renowned Health…
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