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Why Does Water in Parts of Kano Look “Thick Like Coffee”?

Oct 19, 2026
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Furanni Equips Women in Kano’s Ghari Community to Recognise Prolonged Labour and Seek Timely Care

Oct 15, 2026
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Nigeria Must Turn Maternal Health Commitments into Functioning Care

Oct 14, 2026
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New Lassa Fever Evidence To Shape Vaccine Research And Outbreak Preparedness Across West Africa

Oct 12, 2026
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WHO Pandemic Hub sets ambitious goal to detect new outbreaks within 24 hours

Oct 12, 2026
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Top Ten News Items on Health, 9 August 2024

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 9, 2024

Health minister seeks stronger public health capabilities to combat pandemics. WHO to convene emergency meeting on Mpox. Nigeria facing 200m yearly immunisation funding gap. TB prevalence: Nigeria ranks 6th globally, 1st in Africa. FG inaugurates committee to reduce maternal and child deaths. Malnutrition surging in Nigeria’s Bauchi state, aid group says. Five years after,17 states […]

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Nigeria’s Vaccine Financing: Self-Sufficiency is No Longer a Choice, But a Necessity

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 8, 2024

Tzar Oluigbo (Lead Writer) In 2021, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the Partnerships for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) Framework for Action, calling for 60% of vaccines required by Africans to be made in Africa by 2040 — which is up to 1.7 billion doses annually. Currently, Africa produces only 0.1% of the […]

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Gurjiya PHC: Birds Disrupt Healthcare Delivery

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 6, 2024

A certain species of birds has invaded the Gurjiya Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Garko, Kano state, rendering it non-conducive for healthcare delivery. The birds, mostly known as “Birbiri” in the local dialect (Hausa), have occupied the PHC’s roofing, becoming a menace with their incessant noise and droppings on the roof and inside the facility, […]

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Mutuelle de Santé: Rwanda’s Blueprint For Universal Health Coverage

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 5, 2024

Aimable Twahirwa (Lead Writer) Daphrose Mukanyangezi, a farmer from Nyamasheke, a district in south-western Rwanda, used to live in constant fear of falling ill. She was particularly worried about the crippling cost of hospital care for her elephantiasis, a condition she has been battling for years, and which threatened her already limited financial resources. However, […]

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Global Leaders Convene at the Pandemic Preparedness Summit to Tackle Future Health Crises

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 4, 2024

Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writer)Leaders from across the world working on various aspects of health emergency preparedness and response gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the second Global Pandemic Preparedness Summit, convened by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). This year, the summit was co-hosted by the Ministry of Health (Brazil), and Fiocruz, one […]

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