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Nigeria Has a Lead Elimination Policy. Communities Need to See It Working

Jul 29, 2026
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Logistics Marketplace calls on Nigeria’s logistics buyers to participate in survey for a new industry report

Jul 28, 2026
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Nigeria’s Agricultural Commitments Must Deliver Better Nutrition

Jul 27, 2026
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What the Andes Hantavirus Outbreak Reveals About Global Attention to Lassa Fever

Jul 25, 2026
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In Kano, Arts and Craft Sessions Are Improving Menstrual Health for Women and Girls

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 17th November 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 17, 2023

Doctors, patients bemoan diabetes epidemic, 200% spike on treatment. WHO seeks strategic healthcare collaboration with Nigeria. MSF urges longer-term vaccination against diphtheria. JOHESU Advocates One-For-One Policy To End Medical Brain Drain. Physicians demand action against malnutrition, air pollution to curb pneumonia. Enugu State Introduces HPV Vaccine Into Routine Immunisation. Improve healthcare to satisfy Nigerians’ needs, […]

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Sallari PHC: A Beacon of Hope for Improved Access to Family Planning Services

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 16, 2023

Mu’azzam Mainasara Sallari Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in the Sallari community of Tarauni Local Government Area (LGA), Kano State, was established in 2021 by Abubakar Zakari Muhammad, a former State Assembly member representing Tarauni LGA. The PHC offers primary healthcare services, including antenatal care (ANC), immunisation and family planning. Previously, only a handful of women […]

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Basic Health Care Provision Fund: Expanding Access to Healthcare for Nigerians

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 16, 2023

By Thelma Chioma Abeku and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) ‘’Of all forms of inequalities, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.’’-Martin Luther King Jr. The healthcare sector in Nigeria has made little progress in providing adequate quality healthcare services and it remains a cause for concern for many Nigerians who continue to have access […]

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Small Farmer-Led Irrigation Schemes Helping to Fight Malnutrition in Drought-Prone Areas in Rwanda

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 14, 2023

Aimable Twahirwa (Lead Writer) As a young man, Charles Furaha began assisting his father in constructing dams in Karangazi, a small village in Nyagatare district of Eastern Rwanda. These dams provided the water needed to irrigate crops in this remote part of Eastern Rwanda, contributing to the country’s fight against malnutrition in young children. In […]

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Unleashing the Power of the Undetectable = Untransmittable Campaign in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 11, 2023

By Asari Ndem and Oladimeji Solomon (Lead Writer) U=U means Undetectable equals Untransmittable. This means that if people living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) take their antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication daily, as prescribed by their doctor, their viral load can become undetectable and they cannot transmit the virus to their partners sexually. In July 2023, […]

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