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Nigeria’s Flood Season is Here. How Are We Protecting Children Before Disaster Strikes?

Aug 31, 2026
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Finding Ebola Earlier: Can Village-Based Surveillance Strengthen DRC’s Outbreak Response?

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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

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How an Innovative Communications Model is Enhancing Menstrual Health Management in Bauchi, Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 27, 2023

By Sunday Oko and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writers) Menstrual health and period poverty continue to be a major challenge affecting girls and women in Nigeria. Despite being a natural and necessary process in the female reproductive cycle, menstruation remains associated with secrecy and shame, with cultural and religious beliefs often dictating how women manage their […]

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The Many Challenges Behind the Refurbished Walls of Tswanku Health Facility

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 25, 2023

In November 2022, Tswanku health facility in Etsutasha ward of Edati Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State got a facelift. This was made possible through a partnership between the federal lawmaker representing Lavun, Mokwa, and Edati Federal Constituency and the Niger State Primary Health Care Development Agency (NSPHCDA). The roof of the facility was […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 24th March 2023

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 24, 2023

78 million Nigerian children risk water-related threats – UNICEF. Lack of antenatal care threat to foetus, newborn –Expert. Involve adolescents in decision-making concerning their health, well-being-Minister. FG, UNICEF Seek Better Reportage of Child Rights. Hospitals grounded, patients suffer as erratic power supply worsens mortality rate. World TB Day: Nigeria ranks sixth among high TB burden […]

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World Water Day 2023: Accelerating Change to Solve the Water and Sanitation Crisis

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 22, 2023

By Onyinye Oranezi and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) As the saying goes, “Water is life”. However, one could rephrase it to say-”Adequate and safe water is life”, or better yet, borrow the famous line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem titled ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’: ‘water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink’ […]

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Better Soup Na Money Kill Am: Recognising the BHCPF’s Achievements in Akpabuyo, Cross River State

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 20, 2023

By Beti Baiye and Asari Ndem (Lead Writers) Madam Atim Okon Jimmy, the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the Ikot Offiong Ambai Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Akpabuyo Local Government Area (LGA), Cross River State, is proud of the changes she has implemented in the PHC, with the support of the Basic Health Care Provision […]

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