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Nigeria’s Lenacapavir Rollout Needs a Safe Pharmacy Delivery Pathway

Aug 08, 2026
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PRESS RELEASE: Call for Applications: Lay Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training to Strengthen Community-Based Trauma Care

Aug 07, 2026
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Three Months Later, Alkalawa Community Continues to Seek PHC Improvements

Aug 06, 2026
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Nigeria’s State Health Insurance Schemes Are Expanding. Enrolment Must Now Lead to Care

Aug 06, 2026
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How Market Doctors Are Bringing Primary Care Closer to Traders in Lagos

Aug 04, 2026
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By Sunday Oko and Chibuike Alagboso | August 8, 2026

Nigeria’s Lenacapavir Rollout Needs a Safe Pharmacy Delivery Pathway

Nigeria has moved from planning to implementing lenacapavir. In March 2026, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare introduced the twice-yearly HIV prevention medicine in seven states and the Federal Capital Territory. Nigeria is one of nine early-adopter countries and is expected to receive approximately 180,000 doses by 2028. This is an important advance, […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Call for Applications: Lay Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training to Strengthen Community-Based Trauma Care

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 7, 2026

As Nigeria continues to grapple with the mental health consequences of conflict, displacement and other humanitarian crises, building the capacity of community-based responders remains an important part of expanding access to psychosocial support. The Nigeria IDP Diaspora Support Group (NIDSG) has opened applications for its 8th Lay Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Trauma Counsellor […]

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Three Months Later, Alkalawa Community Continues to Seek PHC Improvements

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 6, 2026

Every three months after initial town hall meetings, communities have an opportunity to determine whether the promises made following a health facility assessment had translated into action. Three months after residents of Alkalawa community in Kano State assessed their Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) through a community town hall meeting scorecard assessment, they reconvened in May […]

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Nigeria’s State Health Insurance Schemes Are Expanding. Enrolment Must Now Lead to Care

By Sheriff Gbadamosi and Kenneth Ibe | August 6, 2026

In February 2026, residents of Gyartai in Ghari Local Government Area of Kano State gathered to demand that their health post be upgraded to a Level 2 primary health care facility. Built to serve about 500 people, the facility now serves more than 10,000. At the time of the meeting, it had only two permanent […]

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How Market Doctors Are Bringing Primary Care Closer to Traders in Lagos

By Tzar Oluigbo | August 4, 2026

At the entrance to Tejuosho Market in Yaba, Lagos, a woman known as Sisi Alagbo sells locally prepared herbal mixtures, or agbo, to traders seeking relief from fever, stomach pain, body aches and fatigue. For people trying to avoid losing a day’s income, the mixtures are familiar and immediately available. Agbo is not a single […]

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