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Nigeria Cannot Prevent the Next Outbreak if It Cannot Diagnose It

Jun 17, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Moji Makanjuola on Building Public Trust Through Health Journalism

Jun 16, 2026
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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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Community Trades Worship for Wellness, Saving Dorawar Sallau PHC

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 27, 2025

By Rahima Shehu Dokaji What does it take for a community to access lifesaving care? For the Dorawar Sallau community in Garun Malam Local Government Area (LGA), Kano state, it took a sacred sacrifice: giving up a mosque’s Eid prayer ground so that thousands could finally receive dignified healthcare close to home. “We had no choice […]

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Lancet Countdown Africa Publishes Landmark Report on Climate Change and Health in Africa

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 26, 2025

PRETORIA – Climate change is driving economic losses in developing nations. It’s slowing progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals and worsening threats such as infectious diseases, food insecurity, declining air quality, and mounting strain on health systems. This is according to a recently published health policy paper by Lancet Countdown Africa, a research collaboration hosted at the University of […]

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Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty as the Global Fund Secures US$11.34 Billion in Ongoing Replenishment

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 23, 2025

Vivianne Ihekweazu In 2001, when the late Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, championed the creation of the Global Fund, he is famously quoted as saying, “When I first mooted the idea of the Global Fund, people said I was dreaming… I love dreams. It always starts with a dream.” I wonder how he would have […]

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Restored hope: Marmara PHC’s new paediatric ward transforms child emergency care in Kano Municipal

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 20, 2025

In 2024, a Community Health Watch report covered by Nigeria Health Watch revealed the absence of a functional paediatric ward at Marmara PHC, Kano State forcing many families to shuttle between multiple health facilities in search of emergency care. However, following the construction of the paediatric ward, the centre now attends to 300 children daily […]

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A Simple Two-Block Toilet Is Transforming Sanitation in a Kogi Community

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 20, 2025

Ozumi Abdul (Lead writer) For Halima Shuaibu, a petty trader whose small stall of vegetables and household items is the sole lifeline for her four children, life is a constant battle for survival, made harder by the lack of toilets in her community. Without a private toilet facility, she defecates into a thin, black plastic […]

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