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Building Business Resilience Against Mpox and Other Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Insights from International SOS

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 17, 2025

Chioma Nnamani (Lead Writer) Mpox has been devastating communities in West and Central Africa, howewer in 2024, four previously unaffected countries, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda reported their first mpox cases. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) mobilised $1 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies to strengthen Africa’s response, and the African Union […]

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Shared Responsibility: Rethinking Men’s Role in Nigeria’s Reproductive Health Agenda

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 14, 2025

Dr Emeka Kanebi (Lead writer)Global efforts to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 continue. Goal 5, gender equality, is widely recognised as central to sustainable development. Target 5.6 calls for universal access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH), which supports the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda. Although access to SRH services […]

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From Neglect to Renewal: Yan Dadi PHC Revitalised, But More Staff Needed

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 13, 2025

Seven months ago when Nigeria Health Watch visited Yan Dadi Primary Health Centre, it stood as a symbol of neglect with unsafe wards, no clean water, and women giving birth in the dark. Today, the same facility hums with new life, its wards cleaner, its taps flowing, and its gates open day and night. Yan Dadi Model […]

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Lassa Fever Clinical Trials Strengthening Nigeria’s Health Sovereignty

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 12, 2025

Olaoluwa Olatunde and Aderonke Popoola (Lead writers) Nigeria continues to bear a high burden of infectious diseases, including Lassa fever, malaria, and tuberculosis. However, clinical trials capacity for therapeutics and vaccines in the country remains limited, emphasising the urgent need to strengthen local trial infrastructure and building technical expertise to ensure equitable access the vaccines […]

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Health Behind Bars: How Kano Is Extending Health Insurance Coverage to Inmates

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 10, 2025

Mahdi Garba (Lead writer) Kabiru Tanko (not his real name) was among the inmates moved from the dilapidated Kurmawa Custodial Centre to the newly built Maximum Security Custodial Centre in Janguza, Kano, in May 2025. Since the relocation, Tanko says, many prisoners have developed urgent health needs that require prompt medical attention. “On several occasions […]

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