Nigeria, July 28 -- It was only a 10 minutes Keke-napep ride from Vunoklang Primary Healthcare Centre to Njobbore Primary Healthcare Centre after visiting four other Primary Healthcare Centres in Adamawa state where I was denied access.

"We're not allowed to speak against the government. I can't do this," one of the other facility managers who refused to disclose their identity said.

While other PHC administrators this reporter approached during fieldwork declined to speak on record, citing restrictions and fear of government reprisal. Their silence signals a larger problem: the institutional suppression of healthcare voices in rural Nigeria.

Her Voice, Not the Judahs

At Njobbore Primary Health Care Centre, this reporter met Mrs. Pafi...