16/02/2026
Every time we sit in a community meeting or speak with a midwife at a primary health centre, we are reminded of one thing: the data already exists. The stories already exist. The evidence is right there in women’s lived experiences.
But too often, these insights do not travel far enough.
They remain in clinic registers, in community conversations, in the quiet realities of how women actually navigate the health system.
By the time policies are discussed, those voices are no longer in the room.
That is why conversations around bridging science, evidence, and policy matter so much. Because improving maternal and reproductive health outcomes is not only about generating more data.
It is about ensuring that what we already know from communities and frontline service delivery actually shapes decisions at higher levels.
At Theodora Anavhe Adamu Foundation (TAAF), this has always been the heart of our work.
Listening closely to women and girls.
Observing how primary health care systems function in real life.
Learning what enables access and what silently blocks it. And then carrying those lessons into spaces where programs and policies are designed.
Evidence should not feel distant or technical.
It should feel familiar, grounded, and rooted in the everyday realities of women seeking care.
When community experience, data, and policy finally begin to speak to each other, systems become more responsive. And when systems respond better, maternal health outcomes begin to change in ways that statistics alone cannot explain.
That bridge between lived experience and decision-making is where we continue to work, quietly, consistently, and with the women and girls we serve always at the center.
