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The Real Test of Nigeria’s Health Reforms Is Whether PHCs Actually Work

Sep 21, 2026
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Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

Sep 19, 2026
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Nigeria Needs a Stronger Evidence System to Track Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

Sep 17, 2026
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‘We Can’t Take Deliveries’: Shongo Hamma Health Post Leaves Pregnant Women Without Maternal Care in Gombe’s Akko Community

Sep 17, 2026
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Global Fund Report Shows Countries Fought to Protect Essential Health Services Despite Challenging Year

Sep 16, 2026
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Curated Conversations: Prof. Adaeze Oreh on Why the Future of Health Lies Beyond the Health Sector

By Emeka Oguanuo and Chinwendu Iroegbu | September 5, 2026

“The future of health is not in the health space alone,” says Professor Adaeze Oreh, family physician, public health strategist and immediate past Honourable Commissioner for Health, Rivers State, In a recent Nigeria Health Watch Curated Conversations interview, Prof. Oreh traced that conviction to her medical training at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), […]

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Community Support and Respectful Care Are Building Trust in a Sokoto Health Centre

By Guest Author | September 4, 2026

Shehu Muhammad Shehu (Lead Writer) Hadiza Abdullahi travelled from the Mallamawan Yari community in the Rabah Local Government Area to the Gagi Primary Health Care (PHC) facility in Sokoto with her 19-month-old son, Yasir. The child had a fever and diarrhoea and was receiving care for malnutrition. “This is our first time here, and they […]

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PROFESSOR PALOKINAM T. PITCHE ASSUMES OFFICE AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WEST AFRICAN HEALTH ORGANISATION

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 2, 2026

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO), the specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in charge of health issues, welcomes its new Director General, Professor Palokinam T. PITCHE, who assumes office on 1st September 2026. A university hospital physician and public health specialist, Professor PITCHE brings more than twenty-five years of […]

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Nigeria’s Flood Season is Here. How Are We Protecting Children Before Disaster Strikes?

By Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim and Samuel Gada | August 31, 2026

Nigeria has entered the peak of its flood season, when the risk of severe flooding is at its highest. The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA)’s 2026 Annual Flood Outlook warns that flooding could be comparable to 2025 or slightly more severe, with the greatest risks expected between July and September and another serious period possible […]

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

By Olubunmi Oyebanji | August 29, 2026

“Every death like that points to a chain of transmission we have not yet found.” These were the words of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on 18 August, as experts met to review the Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Every three months after the World Health Organization (WHO) […]

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