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Furanni Equips Women in Kano’s Ghari Community to Recognise Prolonged Labour and Seek Timely Care

Oct 15, 2026
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Nigeria Must Turn Maternal Health Commitments into Functioning Care

Oct 14, 2026
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New Lassa Fever Evidence To Shape Vaccine Research And Outbreak Preparedness Across West Africa

Oct 12, 2026
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WHO Pandemic Hub sets ambitious goal to detect new outbreaks within 24 hours

Oct 12, 2026
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In Kenya, a Community Programme Supports Adolescent Mothers in Korogocho

Oct 12, 2026
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When the Law Limits Choice: Nigeria’s Policies are Undermining Sexual Justice

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 6, 2025

Zubaida Baba Ibrahim (Lead writer) Every law is meant to protect, but what happens when the same laws deny people the right to have autonomy over their bodies? In Nigeria and across the world, sexual and reproductive health policies must be adapted to the realities that women and girls face today, otherwise, what should serve […]

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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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