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Turning Livestock Waste into Fertiliser: Can a Kaduna Enterprise Cut Farm Costs and Support Better Nutrition?

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As Foreign Aid Declines, Can Pension Funds Fill Nigeria’s Health Financing Gap?

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 11, 2026

Chibuike Alagboso (Lead writer) Nigeria’s pension fund assets grew by 20% in 2025, rising from N22.9 trillion in January to over ₦27 trillion by December. However, the bulk of these assets remains concentrated in federal government securities, effectively financing fiscal deficits, while a smaller share is allocated to equities listed on the stock exchange. While […]

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10 PHCs Revamped in Lere, but Communities Say Ambulances Are the Missing Link

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 11, 2026

Margaret Zichat Joseph When Martha Ishaya’s relative was referred to Jos University Teaching Hospital in Plateau Statefor urgent care, there was no ambulance. Instead, they scrambled to find a private vehicle, hoping they would reach the hospital in time. Martha recalled that Lere, a Local Government Area (LGA) in Kaduna, is also a bordering community […]

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Nigeria’s Fight Against Malaria Must Address Substandard and Falsified Medicines

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 11, 2026

Sonia Biose and Olaoluwa Olatunde (Lead writers) Earlier this year, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) seized over 3 billion Naira worth of counterfeit medicines. Among them were 10 million doses of antimalarial drugs. NAFDAC estimated that these drugs reaching the market could have endangered over three million lives. Consider […]

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Malaria in Pregnancy in Nigeria: Why Treatment Completion Remains a Challenge

By Nigeria Health Watch | May 11, 2026

Oladimeji Solomon Yemi (Lead writer) Malaria in pregnancy remains one of the leading preventable causes of maternal anaemia, low birth weight, preterm delivery, stillbirth, and neonatal death. A baby born with low birth weight faces a higher risk of dying during the first year of life, and a mother with severe malarial anaemia faces a […]

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In Borno, Cash Transfers Are Helping Families Treat Malnutrition Beyond the Clinic

By Mahdi Garba | May 11, 2026

Bilkisu, a resident of Njimtilo in the Konduga area of Borno State, lives with a visual impairment, while her children remain out of school as the family struggles to survive day by day. For them, even necessities such as food and education are beyond reach. However, when one of her daughters was diagnosed with severe […]

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