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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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Top Ten News Items on Health, 1st April 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | 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 Nigeria Health Watch | 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 Nigeria Health Watch | 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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World Water Day 2022: The Liquid Gold Under Our Feet

By Bashar Abubakar | March 26, 2022

With rising temperatures, fluctuating rainfall patterns, escalating flooding, drought and desertification, the global impact of climate change has been quite immense. The devastating effects of these unexpected weather conditions have affected water security globally. For instance, the rise in temperature, variations in rainfall and decline in precipitation have led to the evaporation of surface lakes […]

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Top Ten News Items on Health, 25th March 2022

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 25, 2022

Osinbajo Calls For Increased Investments In PHC. Vaccinated Travellers Arriving Nigeria No Longer Required To Take COVID-19 Test – FG. Stemming out-of-pocket medical expenses. World Water Day 2022 and Lagos’ acute water scarcity. 2022 World TB Day: Stigma, poor funding, other factors threaten disease elimination in Nigeria. Nigeria loses N300m annually for deficiency in oral […]

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