Unreliable electricity has long shaped the reality of care in primary healthcare centres, forcing health workers to rely on candles, torchlights, and improvised solutions during critical moments. For many mothers and newborns, this has meant delayed interventions, compromised care, and avoidable risks. In this episode of #JournoConversations, we explore how renewable energy is beginning to change that reality. From solar suitcases lighting up labour wards in Nigeria to mini-grid systems power...
Apr 10
46 min
The malaria vaccine marks a historic milestone for Africa, but access, trust, and logistics will determine its success. In this third episode of our #JournoConversations series, we explore how African journalists are telling this story beyond the headlines. Host Chibuike Alagboso, Director of Media Programmes at Nigeria Health Watch, speaks with Sharon Atieno, Journalist and Editor at Science Africa, Kenya, and Afeez Bolaji, Journalist at Daily Trust, about the challenges and opportunities in...
Dec 8, 2025
48 min
Welcome back to the #BreakItDownPodcast, where we unpack big ideas shaping the future of health, development, and social change, one conversation at a time. In this episode, we sit with Dr. Olubayo Adekanmbi, CEO/Founder of Data Science Nigeria (DSN), to explore how digital innovation is creating new pathways to better health for young people. From using data-driven insights to improve access to sexual and reproductive health, to showing how digital tools can empower young people to make info...
Aug 22, 2025
27 min
Welcome back to the #BreakItDownPodcast, where we unpack big ideas shaping the future of health, development, and social change, one conversation at a time. In this episode, our hosts Chibuike Alagboso and Asari Ndem sit with Dr. Olajide Sobande, Executive Director at the NIMR Foundation, to explore why building local research capacity is critical for strengthening Nigeria’s health system. Dr. Sobande shares why relying on foreign-led research is no longer sustainable, and how empowering loca...
Aug 8, 2025
38 min
Care work sustains families, supports health systems, and drives economies, yet remains largely unpaid and undervalued. This invisibility has serious consequences for health outcomes, economic equity, and gender equality. In this episode of the Break It Down Podcast, your favourite hosts, Chibuike Alagboso and Asari Ndem, sit down with Chinasa Collins-Ogbuo, Advocacy and Communications Lead at Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA), to unpack why care work must be recognised as bot...
Jul 25, 2025
26 min
In this Break It Down podcast episode, we unpack the stark reality behind the phrase “When the Budget is Barely Breathing: Funding Cuts in Ghana and Kenya.” Our guests, Asha Bekidusa and Stephen, share firsthand insights into how research and health programs are being squeezed by shrinking budgets, what these funding cuts mean for local ownership and sustainability, and why the call for homegrown solutions has never been more urgent. Explore how communities and researchers in Ghana and Kenya ...
Jul 12, 2025
39 min
Welcome back to the #BreakItDownPodcast, where we unpack big ideas shaping the future of health, development, and social change, one conversation at a time. In this episode, our hosts Chibuike Alagboso and Asari Ndem sit down with Solomon Chinedu, Senior Associate, NaviHealth.ai & Data Protection Lead at mDoc Healthcare, to explore how digital tools are transforming healthcare access in Nigeria. Solomon breaks down how platforms like NaviHealth.ai are closing care gaps, improving health o...
Jun 27, 2025
31 min
🎙️ Welcome to the #BreakItDownPodcast, where we unpack big ideas shaping the future of health, development, and social change, one conversation at a time. In this episode, our hosts Chibuike Alagboso and Asari Ndem sit down with Sunday Oko, Programme Officer at Nigeria Health Watch, for an urgent conversation on the growing threat of health misinformation in Nigeria. Sunday shares critical insights into how false health information spreads, the real-life consequences on public health, and the...
Jun 13, 2025
23 min
Welcome to our #BreakItDownPodcast, where we unpack big ideas shaping the future of health, development, and social change, one conversation at a time. In this episode, our Hosts, Chibuike Alagboso and Asari Ndem, sit with Emeka Oguanuo, Senior Partnerships Manager at Nigeria Health Watch, for an urgent and timely discussion on the resurgence of cholera in Nigeria. Emeka shares critical insights into why cholera continues to threaten communities, the structural and behavioural factors driving...
May 30, 2025
28 min
Welcome to our #BreakitDownPodcast, where we unpack big ideas shaping the future of health, development, and social change, one conversation at a time. In this episode, our Host and Director of Media Programmes, Chibuike Alagboso, sits with Rotimi Olawale, Executive Director of Youth Hub Africa, for a deeply insightful conversation. Rotimi shares the personal journey that inspired him to start Youth Hub Africa and how the organisation is creating impact across the continent by focusing on you...
May 16, 2025
31 min
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