Healthcare systems in Africa face a wide range of challenges. The region carries about 25% of the global disease burden but is served by only 3% of the world’s health workforce, leaving many countries with critical shortages of doctors, nurses, and other health professionals

Nigeria accounts for roughly 20-29% of global maternal deaths, with an estimated maternal mortality ratio estimated at 993 per 100,000 live births (2023) often driven by low uptake of modern contraception

Nigeria bears a disproportionate impact of the AMR burden.

When Fatima, 28-year-old expectant mother from Northern Nigeria, visited a primary healthcare centre in her vicinity for her third antenatal check-up, she was told her haemoglobin levels were still low, despite having diligently taken her iron-folic acid tablets for months.

At Sydani, we imagine a malaria-free Nigeria, and we are also building solutions and optimizing the systems that bring that vision within reach.