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

Aug 29, 2026
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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

Aug 28, 2026
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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Aug 27, 2026
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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

Aug 26, 2026
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

Aug 24, 2026
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Top Ten News Items on Health, 5th August 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 5, 2022

Why Africa’s healthy life expectancy rose in two decades, by WHO. Nigeria number one in global malaria deaths – WHO report. Breastfeeding key to ensuring optimal health, food security. HIV: Nonchalance, Ignorance, TBAs, others threaten Nigeria’s efforts to end mother-to-child transmission. UK licenses 266 Nigerian doctors in two months. Hepatitis Day: Nasarawa Targets 124,000 Persons […]

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Jigawa Health Post: Accessing Healthcare with Dignity

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 5, 2022

Jigawa, a rural community in the Warawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State has a health post that provides healthcare services to residents. Health posts are designed to bring quality healthcare closer to rural community members. However, the health post in this community is not operating as it should as residents must sit on […]

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Healthcare Services Should be Inclusive of Persons with Disabilities – Here is How

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 3, 2022

By Selben Penzin Editor’s Note: We must pay attention to the needs of persons with disabilities to ensure that they have an equal opportunity to participate in every aspect of life to the best of their abilities and desires. In this piece, Dr Selben Penzin, ophthalmologist, public health researcher and senior programme manager at Sightsavers, […]

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Girl Child Concerns Academy: Unleashing the Potential of Girls in Borno State

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 1, 2022

By Ibukun Oguntola and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) The boko haram insurgency has negatively impacted girl child education which is vital to any country’s growth. An organisation increasing access to education for the girl child in Borno State is plugging some of the gaps in the state’s education sector, ensuring that girls can exercise their […]

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What’s Next for Global Health Security? Key Takeaways from the Global Health Security Conference on Building Back Better

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 30, 2022

A team from Nigeria Health Watch attended the Global Health Security Conference 2022 in Singapore. This article highlights key takeaways from the conference on what the world needs to do to prepare for the next pandemic, as well as lessons for Nigeria to #BuildBackBetter post COVID-19. As the world moves towards recovery from the COVID-19 […]

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