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Three Months After Speaking Out, Indabo Residents Still Await Improved PHC Services

Jun 18, 2026
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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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Her Strength in Every Story: How Art and AdvocacyReframes Women’s Health in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 5, 2025

Adanna Opara and Mauren Moneke (Lead Writers) In a world where health policy conversations all too often begin with data and end with budget lines, it is easy to forget that the people most affected by health system failures are not statistics, but real people with lived experiences and an urgent need for improved healthcare. […]

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Community Trust Fades Away as Children Die in Dan Alhaji PHC 

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 4, 2025

“I had my first child through caesarean section, and I lost the baby…” Whispers Fatima Abdulrashid, her voice heavy with grief.   The cries of grieving mothers echo through the community from Dan Alhaji Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Kaduna State. Each loss tells the same painful story of delays, poor access, and a struggling health […]

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Global Experts to Convene in Côte d’Ivoire for the 2nd ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 4, 2025

Leading scientists, researchers, public health advocates, policymakers, and health practitionersfrom across the globe will converge in Abidjan from 8 to 11 September 2025, for the 2nd ECOWASLassa Fever International Conference (#ELFIC2025), the foremost international forum dedicated to tackling one of West Africa’s most persistent public health challenges. Organised by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), […]

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The Health System Failed Her: Twins Lost to Maternal Care Gaps in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 4, 2025

Onyedikachi Ewe and Vivianne Ihekweazu (Lead writers) Last week, Nigerians were confronted with a heartbreaking video of a heavily pregnant woman in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, walking the streets unaware that she was already in active labour, desperately seeking help. She was spotted by a concerned citizen who stopped to ask why she looked so worn […]

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Closing Nigeria’s Insurance Gap for Maternal and Child Through Health Impact Bonds

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 2, 2025

Chinwendu Iroegbu and Prudence Enema (Lead writers) A recent study drawing on data from the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) examined the relationship between women’s access to health insurance and maternal mortality. The findings were significant, for every 1% increase in health insurance enrolment among women, maternal mortality dropped by more than 50%. This raises an important question, if […]

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