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Nigeria’s Lenacapavir Rollout Needs a Safe Pharmacy Delivery Pathway

Aug 08, 2026
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PRESS RELEASE: Call for Applications: Lay Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Training to Strengthen Community-Based Trauma Care

Aug 07, 2026
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Three Months Later, Alkalawa Community Continues to Seek PHC Improvements

Aug 06, 2026
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Nigeria’s State Health Insurance Schemes Are Expanding. Enrolment Must Now Lead to Care

Aug 06, 2026
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How Market Doctors Are Bringing Primary Care Closer to Traders in Lagos

Aug 04, 2026
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Weekend Closures Put Mende PHC Patients at Risk in Lagos

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 31, 2026

Weekend closures at Mende PHC continue to put patients at risk, forcing pregnant women in labour and other emergency cases to seek care elsewhere, often at great financial and personal cost. For many families in the Mende community in the Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, access to healthcare depends not only on illness […]

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Nigeria Has a Lead Elimination Policy. Communities Need to See It Working

By Habibat Lawal and Precious Ajayi | July 29, 2026

Lead poisoning from consumer products has gained renewed attention in Nigeria, following the launch of the National Policy and Action Plan on Lead Poisoning Elimination in 2025. People can be exposed to lead by inhaling contaminated air or dust, or ingesting contaminated soil, food or water. Informal battery recycling, e-waste dismantling, metal recovery and unsafe […]

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Logistics Marketplace calls on Nigeria’s logistics buyers to participate in survey for a new industry report

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 28, 2026

Logistics Marketplace, a first-of-its-kind global good, designed to strengthen health and humanitarian supply chains in Africa and underserved markets, is calling on logistics buyers in Nigeria to participate in a sector-wide survey exploring the challenges, opportunities, and priorities shaping the logistics landscape, particularly within the health sector. Open to government agencies, humanitarian organizations, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical […]

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Nigeria’s Agricultural Commitments Must Deliver Better Nutrition

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 27, 2026

Imole Agunbiade and Maureen Moneke (Lead writers) According to World Bank data, Nigeria had 36.872 million hectares of arable land in 2023. Productive agriculture depends on farmers having security, reliable inputs, water, research, extension services, roads, storage and access to markets. Households, at the same time, need incomes that can keep pace with rising food […]

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What the Andes Hantavirus Outbreak Reveals About Global Attention to Lassa Fever

By Uwaifiokun Okhuarobo | July 25, 2026

The Andes Hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius gripped international attention with remarkable speed after the World Health Organization (WHO) received the first official notification of a cluster of severe respiratory illness aboard the expedition cruise ship on 2 May 2026. Round-the-clock news coverage tracked the vessel’s journey from the coast of West Africa […]

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