In the past month, Africa Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) and Every Pregnancy strengthened efforts to promote sustainable access to essential maternal health interventions through a strategic stakeholder engagement on the integration of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) into the State Drug Revolving Fund.

The Africa Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP), Bayero University Kano, is collaborating with International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) - a global health research institute based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that works to solve key public health challenges like malnutrition, infectious diseases, and maternal and child health - to adapt and implement the Q-Mat, an innovative low-cost tool designed to support earlier recognition of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in home birth, in north-western Nigeria.

Advancing maternal health and childcare in Nigeria, African Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP) showcased its growing contribution to public health research, policy translation, health systems strengthening and innovation during a high-level engagement with representatives of the Gates Foundation at Bayero University Kano (BUK).