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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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Another Office or a Stronger System? The Institutional Test for Nigeria’s Digital Health Agenda

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 15th September 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 15, 2023

Nigeria Records 55% Drop In Malaria Deaths — WHO. FG committed to achieving 27% contraceptive prevalence rate by 2024 – Official. FG Sets Up Task Force To Combat Diphtheria. UHC: FG Pledges Functional Primary Health Care At Sub-National, Community Levels. Manufacturers group say rising inflation adversely affecting drug prices. Gates Foundation lists measures to prevent […]

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World Suicide Prevention Day 2023: Creating Hope Through Action

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 14, 2023

Kenneth Ibe and Samuel Gada (Lead Writers) In a video that went viral on social media recently, a Lagos socialite known as Mrs Salome* parked her SUV on the ever-busy Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State and made an apparent attempt to jump into the lagoon. Fortunately, swift intervention from passers-by prevented her attempted suicide. […]

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Nigeria’s 2023 Joint External Evaluation: Progress in the Right Direction

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 12, 2023

Oguntola Ibukun and Sonia Biose (Lead Writers) ­Nigeria, like many other African nations with similar complexities, has had its fair share of challenges in responding to disease outbreaks. In recent years, the country has experienced multiple outbreaks of infectious diseases such as Lassa Fever, Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM), Ebola, resurgences of Yellow Fever and Mpox, as […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 8th September 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 8, 2023

FG Set To Increase Funding, Arrest Brain Drain In Health Sector – Prof Pate. Stakeholders urge govt to subsidize hepatitis treatment. Inadequate access to care threatening Universal Health Coverage In Nigeria. CSR: Lagos govt urges firms to prioritise health centres. Pharmacists worry over  high out-of-pocket spending on healthcare. Breast cancer accounts for 23% of new […]

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Making Happiness Local: How a Project is Improving Access to Mental Healthcare in Imo State

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 6, 2023

“Do you know that there’s only one psychiatrist in the whole of Imo State?” — This was a line in a post published by Onyekachi Onumara on his Facebook page on the 29th of August 2023. As expected, the post, which he closed with the hashtag #MentalHealthGap, attracted several responses, with many saying it was inaccurate. In […]

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