In Nigeria, accessing basic healthcare shouldn’t be a privilege, but for many, it feels like an impossible dream. We’ve witnessed this struggle firsthand – the long waits, the lack of resources, the desperate choices people are forced to make. The cost of health inequality isn’t just financial; it’s paid in lives lost too soon, in families torn apart by preventable diseases. This reality sparked something deep within us, a determination to create change.

We founded Equitable Medicaid and Clinical Research Ltd/Gte because we couldn’t stand by while so many people in our communities were suffering. We knew that if we didn’t act, the cycle of neglect would continue. Diseases that could be treated were being left to fester because advanced clinical research and trials were almost nonexistent in our country. We watched as people – real people with hopes, dreams, and loved ones – became statistics, their lives cut short because they couldn’t access the care they needed.

In rural areas and urban slums, where daily life is already a struggle, health crises hit the hardest. Preventable diseases quietly claim lives, and traditional medicine, which holds great value in our culture, sometimes does more harm than good without proper clinical testing. We see this misuse not as a failure of tradition, but as a failure of the system to support safe and effective practices.