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In Kaduna Communities, Tailors Are Bridging the Family Planning Trust Gap

Jun 29, 2026
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Ekiti State Deploys Digital Solutions and Sustainable Financing to Expand Maternal Health Access

Jun 27, 2026
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Trust Returns to Gurjiya PHC After Solar Battery Theft Resolution, Yet Accountability Concerns Persist

Jun 25, 2026
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How Antibiotic Abuse Fuel Deaths in Ghana: Pharmacies and street hawkers aid prescription disaster

Jun 25, 2026
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NACA, Global Fund and Partners to Convene National Close-Out Meeting on COVID-19 Response Mechanism Investments in Nigeria

Jun 24, 2026
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Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Advocacy in Nigeria Must Include Health - Make the Evidence Visible

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 15, 2023

On the 16th of April 2023, Ayetoro, a coastal community located in southwest Nigeria and known as the happy place, had yet another incursion on its land by the Atlantic Ocean, affecting over 500 houses. A quick Google search using the keywords: ‘Sea, Incursion, Ayetoro, and Ondo State’ yielded 3,740 results in 0.28 seconds, with […]

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All Babies Are Equal: How the All-Babies Programme is Encouraging Vaccination Uptake Through Cash Incentives

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 12, 2023

In Dawanau Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) located in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, Zainab Aliyu cradles her seven-month-old daughter, Fatima Abdulhamid. They sit on a bench with ten other women and their children, waiting for immunisation services. Rahama Bashir, a New Incentives field officer, leads Aliyu to a table where Asmau […]

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Deliberations from Budget Office Health Stakeholder Workshop on Enhancing Health Sector Budgeting

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 11, 2023

Nigeria’s federal budget cycle is a carefully planned process that follows a general structured sequence of — preparation, approval, implementation and evaluation. The budgeting process is critical for allocating resources and enabling service delivery in all sectors of the economy. The budgeting process typically involves multiple stakeholders throughout the budget cycle, including the Budget Office of the […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th June 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 10, 2023

Bauchi, Borno, others, laud impact of routine immunization strengthening project on healthcare services. Long road to free maternal, child healthcare legislation in Kano. Solutions Journalism, key instrument in changing narrative – Ihekweazu. Transform Health Fund raises $50m to plug African healthcare gap. Untreated gonorrhoea during pregnancy may cause life-threatening complications in newborns. Lagos enhances rural […]

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Insights from a Roundtable with Traditional and Interfaith Leaders on Nigeria’s Demographic Dividend

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 7, 2023

By Ibukun Oguntola and Kenneth Ibe (Lead Writers) Nigeria’s population of approximately 220 million people has great potential for economic growth and development. However, to fully realise this potential, the government must focus on harnessing the demographic dividend. A demographic dividend refers to the economic benefits of having a higher proportion of working-age people in […]

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