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Finding Ebola Earlier: Can Village-Based Surveillance Strengthen DRC’s Outbreak Response?

Aug 29, 2026
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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

Aug 28, 2026
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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Aug 27, 2026
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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

Aug 26, 2026
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

Aug 24, 2026
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By Olubunmi Oyebanji | August 29, 2026

Finding Ebola Earlier: Can Village-Based Surveillance Strengthen DRC’s Outbreak Response?

“Every death like that points to a chain of transmission we have not yet found.” These were the words of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on 18 August, as experts met to review the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Every three months after the World Health Organization (WHO) […]

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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

By Kenneth Ibe | August 28, 2026

eHealth Africa (eHA), in collaboration with Nigeria Health Watch, has launched the Insights Learning Forum (ILF) 2026 Report and Learning Brief, providing a record of key insights, discussions and commitments emerging from this year’s Forum and reinforcing a shared focus on turning conversations into measurable action. The report captures the outcomes of the Insights Learning […]

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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 27, 2026

Margaret Zichat Joseph Every rainy season, the journey to the primary healthcare centre (PHC) in Lazuru Tudai becomes a test of endurance for residents of several rural communities in Lazuru Tudai Ward in Lere Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. However, for patients who make the difficult journey, reaching the facility is only the […]

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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim | August 26, 2026

In Wammako, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Sokoto, Nigeria, Asma’u Shehu, a community health worker, does more than provide care. People in the community see her as a medic, teacher, counsellor and mobiliser who builds trust for the formal health care system. However, despite women like Asmau’s strong presence and their close relationships with […]

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

By Mahdi Garba | August 24, 2026

A long terrazzo walkway from Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH)’s administrative building leads to various parts of the ever-busy facility. Underneath the trees that line up the walkway are patients’ relatives near the wards and other buildings. Within the wards of this tertiary healthcare facility are functional medical equipment like defibrillators, infusion pumps, ECG monitors, […]

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