Health & Wellness

In the journey toward health and wellness, we uncover how care, food, and community restore thriving African lives, each step a move to be whole again.

Health & Wellness

Photo Collage by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

The Financial System That Works Without Banks

Across Africa, rural communities are building informal networks that lend, save, and support without interest rates or paperwork.
Avatar photo Thelma Ideozu
6 min read
Photo Collage by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

As Global Aid Shrinks, Ethiopia and Somalia Fight to Keep Malnourished Children Alive

Foreign funding cuts have gutted nutrition programs across East Africa. Ethiopia is testing local solutions. Somalia is still waiting, and thousands...
Avatar photo Blossom Amena
6 min read
Photo Collage/Illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

What Happens to a Pad After It’s Used? In Nigeria, the Answer Is Complicated.

With no clear disposal path, menstrual waste becomes a silent threat, polluting land, water, and communities.
Avatar photo Ezinne Okoroafor
6 min read
Illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

This Isn’t Therapy as You Know It. It Might Be Better.

In Zimbabwe, grandmothers trained as lay counselors are quietly changing the face of mental health care.
Avatar photo Thelma Ideozu
7 min read
Photo Collage by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

COVID Crushed Maternal Health in Africa. But It Also Gave Us a Blueprint.

Innovations born from crisis, like mobile clinics, telemedicine, and community care, are transforming how mothers get care, building systems ready for...
Avatar photo Naomi Ayibaemi Frank-Opigo
5 min read
Photo Collage by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

What If We Treated Climate Change Like the Health Emergency It Is?

Rising temperatures and deadly diseases are overwhelming Africa’s healths, yet only 8% of climate finance addresses the crisis. It’s time for...
Avatar photo Ezinne Okoroafor
6 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

Reimagining the Great Green Wall

To succeed, the Great Green Wall must approach the Sahel’s restoration by going beyond tree planting to prioritize native species, soil...
Avatar photo Adetoro Adetayo
7 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

Africa’s Tech Funding Is Booming But Not Where It Matters Most

Fintech startups are swimming in capital while health, food, and climate solutions fight for scraps. Is the investment model broken?
Avatar photo Adetumilara Adetayo
8 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

Can Grassroots Action Prevent the Next Major Disease Outbreak?

Top-down responses keep failing. Can trust, local knowledge, and early action stop outbreaks before they overwhelm already fragile health systems?
Avatar photo Blossom Amena
7 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

Millions in Nigeria Have Diabetes, Most Don’t Even Know It

Many won’t get diagnosed until complications arise—why is diabetes so overlooked, and what’s stopping people from getting the care they need?
Avatar photo Naomi Ayibaemi Frank-Opigo
7 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

When Aid Hurts More Than It Helps

In Nigeria, foreign aid props up broken systems, but does it improve healthcare—or just keep bad policies alive?
Avatar photo Tomi Abe
7 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

Who Will Keep Paying the Price for Polluted Air?

Despite contributing the least to global emissions, vulnerable communities face worsening air pollution, rising deaths, and economic devastation—who will act?
Avatar photo Adetoro Adetayo
8 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

The Silent Epidemic of Gender-Based Violence

Millions of women suffer in silence as gender-based violence disrupts lives, economies, and security—why is the world still failing them?
Avatar photo Jessica Ireju
6 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

When Rainfall Fails: Hunger and Hardship in Karamoja

Unpredictable rainfall and prolonged droughts have left families in Karamoja struggling to find food, pushing malnutrition rates beyond emergency thresholds.
Avatar photo Ezinne Okoroafor
5 min read
Photo illustration by Tomi Abe for SUSINSIGHT

What If Clean Water Was a Privilege, Not a Right?

Millions live without clean water, facing daily struggles for survival—what happens when this basic need is denied?
Avatar photo Blossom Amena
5 min read