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Beyond Awareness: Why Nigeria Must Fund a Period-Friendly Future

Jun 11, 2026
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The Anatomy of an Outbreak in a Conflict Setting & Nigeria’s Preparedness for Ebola 

Jun 08, 2026
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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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Nearly Two Years On, Nigeria’s Migration Policy Faces the Budget-and-Accountability Test

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 8, 2026

Sunday Oko and Tzar Oluigbo (Lead writers) On 12 August 2024, the Federal Government of Nigeria approved the long-awaited National Policy on Health Workforce Migration. The policy was presented as a practical response to a growing and highly visible crisis, where requests for letters of good standing had become a replacement for accelerating outflows, including […]

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Nigeria is Betting on Local Mosquito Net Manufacturing to Strengthen Its Fight Against Malaria

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 6, 2026

Yasir Jamal Bakare (Lead writer) Nigeria accounts for roughly one in every four malaria cases worldwide, and nearly one in three malaria deaths. This places Nigeria at the centre of a disease that claims lives, drains household income, and strains health services. Yet for decades, one of the most effective prevention tools, long-lasting insecticidal nets […]

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Nigeria–US Health MoU: What It Means for Financing, Sovereignty, and Accountability

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 4, 2026

At the start of every year, Nigeria Health Watch takes stock of the trends likely to influence Nigeria’s health landscape. This year is different. Instead of a wide-ranging reflection,we focus on the newly signed Nigeria–United States health Memorandum of Understanding, as it may be one of the most consequential development shaping health financing, delivery, and […]

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Rewriting Nutrition Myths Through Community Health Literacy Club

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 2, 2026

For years, women in Kura Local Government Area, Kano State, believed that eating protein during menstruation was dangerous. This nutrition myth, passed from mothers to daughters, quietly shaped diets and weakened health until community volunteers began rewriting nutrition myths through health literacy and evidence-based education. “I avoided protein all my puberty life,” said 26-year-old Aisha […]

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Keeping Noma Under Control: Why Nigeria Must Not Lose Momentum

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 29, 2025

Dr. Adachi Ekeh and Sheriff Gbadamosi (Lead writers) For too long, noma has remained a disease of silence, devastating children in extremely poor and socially excluded communities. In Nigeria, the infection disproportionately affects children living in extreme poverty, where weak health systems and delayed care allow the disease to progress rapidly. Without timely treatment, noma […]

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