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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

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

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 3 February 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 3, 2023

160,000 children acquired HIV in 2021 –WHO. Address root cause of diseases, WHO advices FG. Health workers union threatens strike over members’ welfare. NSCDC Introduces mobile app, N-alert, to tackle gender based violence. At PT Space, experts say men can also have breast cancer. COVID-19 remains public health emergency, says WHO. 7,000 cancer-related deaths recorded […]

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Why We Must Accelerate the Inclusion of Noma as a Neglected Tropical Disease

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 1, 2023

A mysterious figure dressed all in black, she appeared to be invisible as she slipped through the Laraba (Wednesday) market crowd in my village in northern Nigeria. The only visible features were her eyes and her right hand which she used to support the veil that covered the lower half of her face. As she […]

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Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa’s Displaced Children

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 30, 2023

By Thelma Chioma Abeku and Ikemefuna Igwe (Lead Writers) At first glance, the buildings that house the classrooms of the Transitional Learning Centre, Wassa, appear to have been designed to blend them into the brown sun scorched terrain that surrounds the centre. However, the classrooms themselves were anything but ordinary, as the Nigeria Health Watch […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 27th January 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 27, 2023

‘Fully Vaccinating Children Key To Preventing Diphtheria‘. FG, USAID train physiotherapists on rehabilitation services for fistula, maternity care. Nigeria’s Mental Health Bill Opportunity to Mainstream Mental Health into Health Society, Expert. COVID-19 killed 3,584 in three days, says WHO. Health insurance compulsory for everyone, Lagos govt tells residents. Despite COVID-19, new report shows increase in […]

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Africa at a Public Health Crossroads: Five Lessons from the 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 26, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic opened a ‘Pandora’s box’ of never-ending problems putting enormous pressure on global health systems, exposing biases in global public health practices and disrupting global economies. There was also the loud warning about the need to reform and revitalise global health systems, which was difficult to ignore. Today, Africa appears to be at […]

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