Prof. Taiwo Amole and Prof. Baba Maiyaki Musa represented the Africa Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) at the 49th Annual General and Scientific Meeting (AGSM) 2025, organised by the West African College of Physicians (WACP), Nigeria Chapter, in Kano State. The meeting was held from the 21st to the 25th of July 2025, in Kano State, and was themed Healthy Living: Transforming Lives through Healthy Choices.

The African Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) has last week participated in the second quarter meeting of the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health plus Nutrition (RMNCAH) and the Malaria Technical Working Group (NTWG). The meeting, which brought together key stakeholders from across the health sector, served as a platform to assess progress, share updates, and strengthen collaboration among partners working to improve health outcomes in Nigeria.

Prof. Hadiza Shehu Galadanci, the Director of Africa Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP), has emphasized that Gynaecological Skills Training has the potential of saving more lives. She made this known during the Essential Gynaecological Skills (EGS) Manuals Dissemination Workshop which was held on Monday, 21st July, 2025 at Abuja.

The African Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) has commenced activities for its project titled Making Cesarean Section Safe in Kano with a successful introductory meeting. The session brought together key stakeholders to familiarize them with the project objectives, which focus on improving the safety and quality of cesarean sections across health facilities in Kano State.

The African Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP), in partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital is currently holding an intensive simulation training program aimed at strengthening the capacity of healthcare professionals.

Professor Hadiza Shehu Galadanci, the Director of the Africa Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP), chaired a stakeholder meeting yesterday, Tuesday, July 9th 2025, on the necessity for data alignment between the Kano State Surveillance for Evidence and Policy (KASSEP) and other government agencies working on maternal and child data.

The African Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) has successfully concluded its scale-up training on the E-MOTIVE initiative in Gombe State. The final session of the training took place on Thursday, June 3rd, 2025, at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.

The African Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) is proud to participate in the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) World Congress 2025, currently underway at ExCeL London, United Kingdom. The Centre’s Director, Professor Hadiza Shehu Galadanci, and a Research Fellow from the Centre, Dr. Aminu Wakili, are attending this prestigious global event, which runs from June 23 to 25, 2025.

Prof. Hadiza Shehu Galadanci, the director of African Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) Bayero University Kano and AlignMNH Steering Committee Member has last month, attended the 78th World Health Assembly.