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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

Nov 04, 2026
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How Communities Connect Mothers to Skilled Care in The Gambia’s North Bank Region and Nigeria’s Jigawa State

Nov 02, 2026
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Making Good on a Promise: How Nasarawa State Vaccinated Seventy Percent of its Eligible Population

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 13, 2022

By Gabriel Oke (Lead Writer) Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is not a competition and there are no prizes for the state that successfully vaccinates all of its eligible population first, but the fact that Nasarawa State has vaccinated over 70% of its eligible population, putting it ahead of all but one of its neighbouring states, […]

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Somajigi PHC: Seeking a Resolution to its Multiple Challenges

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 10, 2022

Somajigi is a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. A Primary Health Centre (PHC) was established to meet the health care needs of the residents of Somajigi and surrounding communities, but it lacks the necessary infrastructure to enable it function smoothly. Mohammed Chado, the officer in-charge of the PHC said […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 10th May 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 10, 2022

Monkeypox Outbreak Tops 1,000 Cases, WHO Warns Of ‘Real’ Risk. Reducing maternal deaths via evidence-based interventions. Nigeria seals 25,000 illegal pharmacies in eight years – Official. Pollution: FG plans health audit of Ogoni land residents. Addressing the critical challenges of medicine supply chain in Africa’s public health sector. Meningitis Outbreak Kills 65 In Jigawa. Immunization: […]

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#OnlyOneEarth: Making Sustainable Living Our Only Option

By Nigeria Health Watch | June 8, 2022

Nigeria’s power situation has been at an all time low since the national grid collapsed early this year. A few days ago, Nathaniel Bassey, a Nigerian gospel music icon, shared an Instagram post with the caption, “Generator Empire”, the economic cost of running offices, businesses, and homes on generators. On Sunday, 5 June, we joined […]

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Achieving a Minimum Service Package in Primary Health Care: The Kano State Roadmap

By Bashar Abubakar | June 6, 2022

Over the years, Nigeria has developed various initiatives aimed at improving Primary Health Care (PHC) delivery in the country. One of such initiatives was the Primary Health Care Under One Roof (PHCUOR) programme, launched in 2011 and designed to improve primary healthcare services through the integration of all PHC services delivered under one authority. The Minimum […]

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