In northeast Nigeria, where access to maternal healthcare remains limited, many women still give birth at home, often at great risk. In Muna, a 24/7 maternal health service supported by ALIMA is changing this reality – providing safe deliveries, reducing complications, and saving lives.
Researchers have identified Treponema bacteria strongly linked to noma, opening the door to earlier diagnosis and treatment. This study was conducted by researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and supported by Médecins Sans Frontières at the Sokoto Noma Hospital in Nigeria.
Nigeria carries the world’s highest burden of obstetric fistula. Two recent reports from Nigeria Health Watch and Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières describe a growing network of surgical care, financial protection, and community outreach that is beginning to make a difference.
Dr. Hadiza Galadanci, an OB-GYN and researcher in Kano, Nigeria, has spent decades confronting one of global health’s most persistent failures: women dying in childbirth from causes doctors already know how to treat.
2025 was a year filled with conflict, disaster and disease—as well as the work of committed and courageous humanitarians who did everything they could to help. These photos from International Medical Corps highlight the people who made it happen.