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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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Hands on his Knees, Akin “Shuga” Tofowomo refused to be defined by Polio: Tribute to a Friend

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 30, 2025

A guest post by Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu On 30 October 2025, news broke unexpectedly that Akin “Shuga” Tofowomo had passed away while undergoing surgery in Canada. The shock was followed by tears and a slow journey toward acceptance. As he was laid to rest on 29 November, many of us are still coming to terms […]

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Why Menopause Must Be Part of Nigeria’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Agenda

By Nigeria Health Watch | November 28, 2025

Asari Ndem and Sunday Oko (Lead writers) When Ngozi (not her real name) turned 48, she noticed small changes she could not explain. Her sleep became disturbed, she woke up drenched in sweat, and her once-calm disposition shifted without warning. She thought it was work stress or perhaps high blood pressure. A visit to her […]

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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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