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World Contraception Day: A Safe Start Begins Long Before Birth

Sep 26, 2026
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Revitalised Ungwan Dosa PHC Still Faces Access Gaps

Sep 24, 2026
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Real-Time Patient Feedback Is Helping Shape Safer and Better Maternity Care

Sep 23, 2026
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The Real Test of Nigeria’s Health Reforms Is Whether PHCs Actually Work

Sep 21, 2026
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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

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Dr Salma Ibrahim Anas: What can we learn from Mr President’s 1st appointment in the Health Sector?

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 16, 2023

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a new virus (HIV) that caused the devastating disease, AIDs had emerged and spread around the world. The impact of this new virus on people and the economy was only just becoming obvious. People were terrified, the association of the new disease with sexual transmission was stigmatising, and […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 16th June 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 16, 2023

Blood shortage bites harder with only 25% of transfusion demand met yearly. Long road to free maternal, child healthcare legislation in Kano. Nigeria issues alert over fresh disease outbreak, warns against eating ‘pomo’. NCDC working to strengthen cholera prevention mechanisms – D-G. Bauchi, 15 other states to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer. Nigeria Health Watch […]

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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 Bashar Abubakar | 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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