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Moving From Policy to Practice: Integrating Family Planning into Nigeria’s Maternal Health Response

Nov 09, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum on Building Africa’s Capacity to Respond to Epidemics

Nov 06, 2026
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Kwadon Residents Raise Concerns Over Lack of Ambulance for Emergency Maternal Referrals

Nov 06, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Dr Abasi Ene-Obong on Why Nigeria Must Own Its Genomic Future

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How Communities Connect Mothers to Skilled Care in The Gambia’s North Bank Region and Nigeria’s Jigawa State

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Serving Freshness: How Coldhubs is Tackling Food Waste in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | February 6, 2023

In his shop in Relief Market in Owerri, Imo State, Sadisu Sani popularly called Zuma, is surrounded by vegetables of all shapes, sizes and colours. The middle-aged man has been in the business for over seven years and he understands how important it is to keep his wares fresh for as long as possible. A social […]

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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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