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Finding Ebola Earlier: Can Village-Based Surveillance Strengthen DRC’s Outbreak Response?

Aug 29, 2026
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eHealth Africa, Nigeria Health Watch Officially Launch Insights Learning Forum 2026 Report

Aug 28, 2026
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For Lazuru Tudai Residents in Kaduna, Accessing Healthcare Means a Long Journey to an Unsafe PHC

Aug 27, 2026
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Women Are Transforming the Global Health Workforce, But Not Yet Its Leadership

Aug 26, 2026
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Investments Created an Opportunity to Strengthen the Health Infrastructure. Will the Country Sustain the Gains?

Aug 24, 2026
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The System Eats Our People: A Poem of Grief and Rage

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 26, 2026

A poem by Dr. Ebere Okereke – Inspired by Kwesi Brew’s “The Sea Eats Our Land” Dr Ebere Okereke wrote this poem in the wake of several deaths close to her, each painful and, in important ways, avoidable. They did not arise from one isolated failure. They reflected a chain of neglect, weak infrastructure, delayed […]

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Without 24-Hour Service, Shuwaki PHC Improvements Fall Short of Better Care

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 26, 2026

The improvement at Shuwaki Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) has offered hope for the community, but without 24-hour services, many patients are still left without receiving quality care. Following a visit by Nigeria Health Watch in September 2024, key concerns were raised around poor infrastructure, lack of water, and inadequate staffing. For a level 2 facility […]

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Ojota PHC Crisis: Delays and Heat Drive Patients Away

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 19, 2026

Delayed care and unbearable heat are fast becoming a dangerous combination at Ojota PHC, where patients seeking help are instead met with long waits and suffocating conditions. For many residents, accessing care here feels like a risk rather than a relief. The Ogudu/Ojota Primary Health Centre (PHC), Kosofe LGA, Lagos State, is classified as a […]

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CEPI 3.0 and the Race to Develop the World’s First Lassa Fever Vaccine

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 18, 2026

Shalom David and Uwaifiokun Okhuarobo (Lead writers) Every dry season, the wards begin to fill. At Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State and the Federal Medical Centre in Owo, Ondo State, two of Nigeria’s treatment centres for Lassa fever, clinicians recognise the pattern all too well. A farmer arrives with a persistent fever that […]

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When Children Miss Vaccines, Polio Risks Re-emerge: Lessons from Kebbi State

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 16, 2026

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) When Umar Adamu, the Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) for Aliero Local Government Area in Kebbi State, received a report of an 11-year-old girl in Rafin Bauna village with acute flaccid paralysis, he knew the case required urgent investigation. According to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, any child under 15 […]

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