Nigeria: REACH - Taking Quality Healthcare to Communities in Kano State

[Nigeria Health Watch] Rakiya Abdulmalik is a hairdresser in Kawo community of Nasarawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. The 38-year-old mother of four was diagnosed with hypertension five years ago while pregnant with her fourth child, and since then, the entire process of managing the disease has been both time consuming and expensive. Each time she had to refill her prescription, to avoid the long waiting lines in the government hospital, she'd opt for "just any medication" from the patent medicine store in her comm