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Africa’s Precision Medicine Future Depends on Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems

Jun 04, 2026
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‘Garden in a Box’ Initiative is Helping Pregnant Women Eat Nutritious Food While Building Self-Reliance Through Gardening

Jun 01, 2026
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“Deliver Like the Hebrew Women”: How Traditional Myths and Religious Misconceptions Fuel Maternal and Child Deaths

May 30, 2026
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How the Enable Study Is Building Clinical Trial Capacity and Epidemic Readiness in Bauchi State

May 29, 2026
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One Vision, One Future: Why Africa's Health Financing Is a Global Reset

May 27, 2026
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Here’s How Activists are Advocating to End Environmental Pollution in Port Harcourt

By | April 4, 2022

Listen to the story below Nigeria Health Watch · Here’s How Activists are Advocating to End Environmental Pollution in Port Harcourt | 04-04-2022 By Innocent Eteng (Lead Writer) It is 8 am and a dark cloud of haze has darkened the Port Harcourt skyline making visibility difficult. In Oyigbo, a local government area (LGA) 30 […]

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Keeping Professor Ransome-Kuti’s Dream Alive: Re-imagining Primary Health Care in Nigeria

By | April 2, 2022

By Bashar Abubakar and Ibukun Oguntola (Lead Writers) There is global consensus for countries to have a strong health system that is resilient and responsive to the healthcare needs of its people. However, any efforts to strengthen health systems must begin at primary health care level, as it is the foundation of a nation’s healthcare […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st April 2022

By | April 1, 2022

Forum targets 50% reduction in medical tourism by 2027. COVID-19: Wearing Of Face Masks In Public Places Now Optional, Says FG. NGO tasks Kaduna on WASH in health centres. NGO tasks Kaduna on WASH in health centres. FG seeks partnership with Rivers on health. Reps to meet medical directors over healthcare waste disposal. We Are […]

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Towards FP2030: Expanding Access to Family Planning to Achieve the Twenty Seven Percent

By | March 30, 2022

Improving access to quality healthcare is dependent on an effective health system that enables the promotion, prevention and reduction of premature and preventable deaths. However, providing access to essential health services, especially family planning (FP), requires sustained financial commitment. The 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) showed a modern contraceptive prevalence rate of 13%. The […]

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Evidence For Change — Bridging the Evidence Gap For Access to Quality Maternal Medicines.

By | March 29, 2022

By Ibukun Oguntola and Dara Ajala-Damisa (Lead Writers) According to the 2018 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), there are 512 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births. Nigeria accounts of 20% of global maternal deaths and between 2005 and 2015, it is estimated that 600,000 maternal fatalities occured and there were no less than 900,000 […]

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